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Engineering the interface of Au nanocatalysts with FeOx for enhanced selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde

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Engineering the interface plays a vital role in tuning the catalytic properties of supported metal nanocatalysts. Herein the 0.73%Au-4.13%FeOx@SBA-15 catalyst was constructed with SBA-15 as support and FeOx as modifier by interface engineering. It exhibited better catalytic activity than 0.71%Au/SiO2, 0.69%Au@SBA-15 and 0.71%Au/bulk-FeOx under identical conditions as well as higher selectivity towards cinnamyl alcohol for selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. It was found that the introduction of FeOx fabricated the interfacial area between Au and FeOx for H2 dissociation and consequently led to higher catalytic activity of 0.73%Au-4.13%FeOx@SBA-15. Meanwhile, both the channel of the SBA-15 support and the presence of small-sized FeOx promoted the selectivity for hydrogenation of C = O bond. It demonstrated for the first time that the interface engineering provided an efficient and facile avenue to design Au catalysts of excellent performances for selective hydrogenations.

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The work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21576248 and 21671178), Key scientific research projects of colleges and universities of Henan Province (21A150057), Joint project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1704256) and a research fund from the doctoral program of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (2014BSJJ007).

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    Jianbo Zhao, Haifeng Yuan, Yanghai Gui, XiaoMeng Li, Xiaomei Qin, Yingfan Liu & Guoqing Wang

  2. Henan Province Key Laboratory of New Opto-Electronic Functional Materials, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136 of Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, People’s Republic of China

    Liming Zhou & Shaoming Fang

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Zhao, J., Yuan, H., Gui, Y. et al. Engineering the interface of Au nanocatalysts with FeOx for enhanced selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. J Mater Sci 56, 5760–5771 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05634-y

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