Direct observation of key reaction intermediates on gold clusters

Davor Stolcic; Matthias Fischer; Gerd Ganteför; Young Dok Kim; Qiang Sun; Puru Jena

doi:10.1021/ja0293406

Direct observation of key reaction intermediates on gold clusters

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Mar 12;125(10):2848-9. doi: 10.1021/ja0293406.

Authors

Davor Stolcic¹, Matthias Fischer, Gerd Ganteför, Young Dok Kim, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.

PMID: 12617631
DOI: 10.1021/ja0293406

Abstract

Using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, we provide direct experimental evidence that di-oxygen species are stable on anionic gold dimer and tetramer clusters at room temperature. The stabilization of molecular oxygen is crucial for the high activities of the low-temperature reactions on gold catalysts.