Au-Pd nanoparticles immobilized on TiO2 nanosheet as an active and durable catalyst for solvent-free selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol

Wang, Zhe, Feng, Jiangjiang, Li, Xiaoliang, Oh, Rena, Shi, Dongdong, Akdim, Ouardia, Xia, Ming, Zhao, Liang, Huang, Xiaoyang and Zhang, Guojie 2021. Au-Pd nanoparticles immobilized on TiO2 nanosheet as an active and durable catalyst for solvent-free selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 588 , pp. 787-794. 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.11.112

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Abstract

TiO2 nanocrystals with controlled facets have been extensively investigated due to their excellent photocatalytic performance in sustainable and green energy field. However, the applications in thermal catalysis without applying UV irradiation are comparably less and the identification of their intrinsic roles, especially the different catalytic behaviors of each crystal facet, remains not fully recognized. In this study, bimetallic AuPd nanoparticles supported on anatase TiO2 nanosheets exposing {0 0 1} facets or TiO2 nanospindles exposing {1 0 1} as a catalyst were prepared by sol-immobilization method and used for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation. The experimental results indicated that the exposed facet of the support has a significant effect on the catalytic performance. AuPd/TiO2-001 catalyst exhibited a higher benzyl alcohol conversion than that of the AuPd/TiO2-101. Meanwhile, all the prepared AuPd/TiO2 catalysts were characterized by XRD, ICP-AES, XPS, BET, TEM, and HRTEM. The results revealed that the higher number of oxygen vacancies in TiO2-sheets with the exposed {0 0 1} facets of higher surface energy could be responsible for the observed enhancement in the catalytic performance of benzyl alcohol oxidation. The present study displays that it is plausible to enhance the catalytic performance for the benzyl alcohol oxidation by tailoring the exposed facet of the TiO2 as a catalyst support.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0021-9797
Funders:	Natural Science Foundation of China
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 August 2021
Date of Acceptance:	27 November 2020
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 20:43
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143217

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