Novel Au/La2O3 and Au/La2O2SO4 catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction prepared via an anion adsorption method

Joseph D Lessard; Ioannis Valsamakis; Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

doi:10.1039/c2cc31105d

Novel Au/La2O3 and Au/La2O2SO4 catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction prepared via an anion adsorption method

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 18;48(40):4857-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc31105d. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

Authors

Joseph D Lessard¹, Ioannis Valsamakis, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

PMID: 22498919
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc31105d

Abstract

An anion-adsorption technique in which [Au(OH)(4)](-) is preferentially adsorbed onto La(2)O(3) and La(2)O(2)SO(4) surfaces is used to prepare two catalysts active for the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction.