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Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy studies of sol-immobilized Au + Pd, Au{Pd} and Pd{Au} catalysts used for benzyl alcohol oxidation and hydrogen peroxide production

Tiruvalam, R. C., Pritchard, James Charles, Dimitratos, Nikolaos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-4335, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4089-2827, Carley, Albert Frederick, Hutchings, Graham John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-1560 and Kiely, Christopher John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5412-0970 2011. Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy studies of sol-immobilized Au + Pd, Au{Pd} and Pd{Au} catalysts used for benzyl alcohol oxidation and hydrogen peroxide production. Faraday Discussions 152 , pp. 63-86. 10.1039/c1fd00020a

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Abstract

In this study, a systematic series of AuPd bimetallic particles were prepared by colloidal synthesis methods, in order to gain better control over the particle size distribution and structure. Particles having random alloy structures, as well as ‘designer’ particles with Pd-shell/Au-core and Au-shell/Pd-core morphologies, have been prepared and immobilized on both activated carbon and TiO2 supports. Aberration corrected analytical electron microscopy (ACEAM) has been extensively used to characterize these sol-immobilized materials. In particular, state-of-the-art z-contrast STEM-HAADF imaging and STEM-XEDS spectrum imaging has been employed. These techniques have provided invaluable new (and often unexpected) information on the atomic structure, elemental distribution within particles, and compositional variations between particles for these controlled catalyst preparations. In addition, we have been able to compare their differing thermal stability, sintering and wetting behaviors on activated carbon and TiO2 supports. These sol immobilized materials have also been compared as catalysts for (i) benzyl alcohol oxidation and (ii) the direct production of H2O2 in an attempt to elucidate the optimum particle morphology/support combination for each reaction.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN: 1359-6640
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2022 13:14
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/13126

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