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High‐Temperature‐Stable Catalysts by Hollow Sphere Encapsulation
Author(s) -
Arnal Pablo M.,
Comotti Massimiliano,
Schüth Ferdi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200603507
Subject(s) - calcination , sintering , catalysis , materials science , cubic zirconia , encapsulation (networking) , chemical engineering , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , ceramic , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , computer network , engineering
Stable companions : Hollow zirconia shells that each contain one gold nanoparticle (see picture) are stable to sintering and can be used as heterogeneous catalysts in reactions such as the oxidation of CO in air. The performance of Au, @ZrO 2 is unaffected by calcination at 800 °C.