Spectroscopic evidence for the supply of reactive oxygen during CO oxidation catalyzed by gold supported on nanocrystalline CeO2

Javier Guzman; Silvio Carrettin; Avelino Corma

doi:10.1021/ja043752s

Spectroscopic evidence for the supply of reactive oxygen during CO oxidation catalyzed by gold supported on nanocrystalline CeO2

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Mar 16;127(10):3286-7. doi: 10.1021/ja043752s.

Authors

Javier Guzman¹, Silvio Carrettin, Avelino Corma

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 15755139
DOI: 10.1021/ja043752s

Abstract

Nanocrystalline CeO2 supplies reactive oxygen in the form of surface eta1 superoxide species and peroxide adspecies at the one-electron defect site to the supported active species of gold for the oxidation of CO.