Temperature-dependent rf-ion trap mass spectrometry and first-principles simulations reveal the detailed reaction mechanism of the catalytic gas-phase oxidation of CO by free Au(2)(-) ions in the presence of O(2). A metastable intermediate with a mass of Au(2)CO(3)(-) was observed at low temperatures. Two alternative structures corresponding to digold carbonate or peroxyformate are predicted fo...

We have investigated the surface composition of a well-ordered Pt3Sn(111) during CO oxidation with ambient pressure X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. Oxidation tin in coincides onset catalytic conversion, and we observe significant differences state morphology oxide formed depending on gas composition, an oxygen-rich mixture leading to formation 2D wetting layers CO-rich 3D islands. Spontaneous...

Co3O4 is an attractive earth-abundant catalyst for CO oxidation, and its high catalytic activity has been attributed to Co cations surrounded by Co ions. Hence, the majority of efforts for enhancing the activity of Co3O4 have been focused on exposing more Co cations on the surface. Herein, we enhance the catalytic activity of Co3O4 by replacing the Co ions in the lattice with Cu. Polycrystallin...

Alloying Pd with Cu is important for catalytic reactions such as denitrification reaction and CO oxidation reaction, but understanding of the catalyst preparation and its correlation with the catalyst’s activity and selectivity remains elusive. Herein, we report the results of investigations of the preparation of PdCu alloy nanocatalysts using different methods and the catalytic properties of t...

Novel nano-catalysts (Nano ZnO and Fe doped ZnO (Fe(0.1)Zn(0.99)O) synthesized by co-precipitation method in aqueous solution as new nanocatalysts and characterized by common techniques as FTIR, XRD, SEM and UVD. The size of particles obtained from XRD data is 27 and 16 nanometers for ZnO and Fresno respectively. Influences of doped Fe on ZnO catalytic properties in oxidation of Benzylic alcoho...

The mechanism of the CO oxidation promoted by a neutral Ag(55) cluster was investigated extensively, using density functional theory calculations. The CO oxidation process catalyzed by anionic and cationic Ag(55) clusters was also studied, to clarify the effects of the charge state. The Eley-Rideal (ER) and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanisms were discussed in detail. Six reaction pathways wer...

Addition of glucose and introduction Ce/Sr into LaCoO 3 can create more oxygen vacancies Co 3+ active sites, facilitating the catalytic activity for CO oxidation.