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Molecular Understanding of Reactivity and Selectivity for Methanol Oxidation at the Au/TiO 2 Interface
Author(s) -
Farnesi Camellone Matteo,
Zhao Jianli,
Jin Lanying,
Wang Yuemin,
Muhler Martin,
Marx Dominik
Publication year - 2013
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.201301868
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , catalysis , methanol , interface (matter) , formaldehyde , selectivity , service (business) , computer science , chemistry , nanotechnology , database , materials science , molecule , organic chemistry , business , medicine , gibbs isotherm , alternative medicine , pathology , marketing
Gold catalysis : Experimental and theoretical data demonstrated consistently that the interfacial sites on a Au/TiO 2 catalyst show both high reactivity and selectivity for low‐temperature methanol oxidation with O 2 to give formaldehyde. The microscopic mechanism of this complex reaction has been unraveled in full molecular detail (see picture, gold cluster on TiO 2 surface).