Akeydiscoveryinthelasttwodecadeshasbeentheidentifica-tion that gold, when prepared as supported nanoparticles, isexceptionallyeffectiveasanoxidationcatalyst.Followingthisdiscovery, there has been an explosion of interest in gold as acatalyst and several hundred papers and tens of patents arebeing published annually. Gold catalysis is now a major topicforbothheterogeneousandhomogeneouscatalysisworldwide.Previouslywehaveshownthatsupportedgoldandgoldpalla-dium catalysts are very active and selective for the oxidationof alcohols and hydrocarbons and also the direct synthesis ofhydrogen peroxide
Pritchard, J., Kesavan, L., Piccinini, M., He, Q., Tiruvalam, R., Dimitratos, N., et al. (2010). Selective Oxidation using Supported Gold and Gold Palladium Nanoparticles prepared by Sol-Immobilisation. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ANORGANISCHE UND ALLGEMEINE CHEMIE, 636(11), 2034-2034 [10.1002/zaac.201007002].
Selective Oxidation using Supported Gold and Gold Palladium Nanoparticles prepared by Sol-Immobilisation
Dimitratos, Nikolaos;Lopez-Sanchez, Jose A.;
2010
Abstract
Akeydiscoveryinthelasttwodecadeshasbeentheidentifica-tion that gold, when prepared as supported nanoparticles, isexceptionallyeffectiveasanoxidationcatalyst.Followingthisdiscovery, there has been an explosion of interest in gold as acatalyst and several hundred papers and tens of patents arebeing published annually. Gold catalysis is now a major topicforbothheterogeneousandhomogeneouscatalysisworldwide.Previouslywehaveshownthatsupportedgoldandgoldpalla-dium catalysts are very active and selective for the oxidationof alcohols and hydrocarbons and also the direct synthesis ofhydrogen peroxideI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
