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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
Volume 281, Issue 1, Pages 30-39Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2011.03.029
Keywords
Au nanoparticles; Pyrrolidone; Cyclohexene and styrene oxidation by molecular oxygen
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20973079]
- State Basic Research Project of China [2009CB623501]
- (USA) National Science Foundation [DMR-0903225]
- Advanced Energy Initiative of West Virginia University
- Czech Republic Grant [SVV-2010-263303]
- Office of Integrative Activities
- Office Of The Director [1003907] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We report on our systematic investigation of Au nanoparticles highly dispersed in the mesopores of (s)-(-)-2-pyrrolidinone-5-carboxylic acid (Py)-modified SBA-15 (Au/SBA-15-Py) by using a series of modern techniques. C-13 NMR and IR spectroscopies indicate that Py species are successfully grafted on the surface of mesopores in SBA-15; XRD patterns and N-2 adsorption isotherms show that the sample mesostructures are well preserved; TEM images clearly confirm the uniform Au nanoparticles in the mesopores; and XPS suggests an interaction between Au nanoparticles with Py species. Interestingly, Au/SBA-15-Py catalysts always exhibit superior catalytic properties in the oxidation of cyclohexene and styrene by molecular oxygen at atmospheric pressure, compared with the pyrrolidone-free SBA-15 supported Au catalyst (Au/SBA-15-N). This phenomenon is reasonably related to the interaction between Au nanoparticles with Py species, which is consistent with results analyzed from our density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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