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Au‐Pd Bimetallic Nanoparticles Immobilised on Titanate Nanotubes: A Highly Active Catalyst for Selective Oxidation
Author(s) -
Khawaji Motaz,
Chadwick David
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201700851
Subject(s) - catalysis , bimetallic strip , benzyl alcohol , benzoic acid , adsorption , nanoparticle , inorganic chemistry , dispersion (optics) , noble metal , materials science , chemistry , metal , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , engineering , optics
In this work, a highly active Au‐Pd/Ti‐NT catalyst has been produced by using colloidal synthesis and immobilisation on essentially sodium‐free Ti‐nanotubes (NTs). The new catalyst has markedly superior catalytic activity (turnover frequency>19 000 h −1 ) for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol compared with similar catalysts reported in the literature, and to Au‐Pd catalysts supported on Ti‐NTs prepared by adsorption, as well as conventional Au‐Pd/TiO 2 prepared by impregnation. The superior catalytic activity of the catalyst is shown to be a result of the high metal dispersion on the external surfaces of Ti‐NTs, the narrow particle size distribution and the consistent formation of Au‐Pd mixed alloy nanoparticles in close to a 1:1 weight ratio. In repeated use, the Au‐Pd/Ti‐NT catalyst showed only a modest fall in activity, which is shown by FTIR to be associated mainly with the irreversible adsorption of benzoic acid and benzyl benzoate by the catalyst.

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