Gold nanoparticles supported on mesoporous iron oxide for enhanced CO oxidation reaction

RIS ID

123728

Publication Details

Tanaka, S., Lin, J., Kaneti, Y. Valentino., Yusa, S., Jikihara, Y., Nakayama, T., Zakaria, M. Barakat., Alshehri, A. Ali., You, J., Hossain, M. A. & Yamauchi, Y. (2018). Gold nanoparticles supported on mesoporous iron oxide for enhanced CO oxidation reaction. Nanoscale, 10 (10), 4779-4785.

Abstract

Herein, we report the synthesis of gold (Au)-loaded mesoporous iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ) as a catalyst for both CO and NH 3 oxidation. The mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 is firstly prepared using polymeric micelles made of an asymmetric triblock copolymer poly(styrene-b-acrylic acid-b-ethylene glycol) (PS-b-PAA-b-PEG). Owing to its unique porous structure and large surface area (87.0 m 2 g -1 ), the as-prepared mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 can be loaded with a considerably higher amount of Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) (7.9 wt%) compared to the commercial Fe 2 O 3 powder (0.8 wt%). Following the Au loading, the mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 structure is still well-retained and Au NPs with varying sizes of 3-10 nm are dispersed throughout the mesoporous support. When evaluated for CO oxidation, the Au-loaded mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 catalyst shows up to 20% higher CO conversion efficiency compared to the commercial Au/Fe 2 O 3 catalyst, especially at lower temperatures (25-150 °C), suggesting the promising potential of this catalyst for lowerature CO oxidation. Furthermore, the Au-loaded mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 catalyst also displays a higher catalytic activity for NH 3 oxidation with a respectable conversion efficiency of 37.4% compared to the commercial Au/Fe 2 O 3 catalyst (15.6%) at 200 °C. The significant enhancement in the catalytic performance of the Au-loaded mesoporous Fe 2 O 3 catalyst for both CO and NH 3 oxidation may be attributed to the improved dispersion of the Au NPs and enhanced diffusivity of the reactant molecules due to the presence of mesopores and a higher oxygen activation rate contributed by the increased number of active sites, respectively.

Grant Number

ARC/FT150100479

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