Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages 11793-11804Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20442
Keywords
morphologically precise nanoparticles; titania; heterogeneous catalysts; metal-support interface; gold nanoparticles
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CHE-1565843]
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The study demonstrates that the morphology of TiO2 supports affects the catalytic activity of Au/TiO2, with the predominantly {101} material showing higher catalytic activity due to the presence of smaller Au particles providing more interfacial area. The differences between the two catalysts are mainly caused by geometric effects rather than electronic differences.
Au nanoparticles (NP) on TiO2 have been shown to be effective catalysts for selective oxidation reactions by using molecular oxygen. In this work, we have studied the influence of support morphology on the catalytic activity of Au/TiO2 catalysts. Two TiO2 anatase supports, a nanoplatelet-shaped material with predominantly the {001} facet exposed and a truncated bipyramidal-shaped nanoparticle with predominantly the {101} facet exposed, were prepared by using a nonaqueous solvothermal method and characterized by using DRIFTS, XPS, and TEM. Au nanoparticles were deposited on the supports by using the deposition-precipitation method, and particle sizes were determined by using STEM. Au nanoparticles were smaller on the support with the majority of the {101} facet exposed. The resulting materials were used to catalyze the aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol and trifluoromethylbenzyl alcohol. Support morphology impacts the catalytic activity of Au/TiO2; reaction rates for reactions catalyzed by the predominantly {101} material were higher. Much of the increased reactivity can be explained by the presence of smaller Au particles on the predominantly {101} material, providing more Au/TiO2 interface area, which is where catalysis occurs. The remaining modest differences between the two catalysts are likely due to geometric effects as Hammett slopes show no evidence for electronic differences between the Au particles on the different materials.
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