Role of the Support in Gold-Containing Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts
Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Qian He, Rebecca V. Engel, Mala A. Sainna, Andrew J. Logsdail, Alberto Roldán, David J. Willock, Nishtha Agarwal, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings
Abstract
hydrogenation, C-C coupling, and methane oxidation. Only studies where the role of support has been explicitly studied in detail have been selected for discussion. However, the role of support is also examined using examples of reactions involving unsupported metal nanoparticles (i.e., colloidal nanoparticles). It is clear that the support functionality can play a crucial role in tuning the catalytic activity that is observed and that advanced theory and characterization add greatly to our understanding of these fascinating catalysts.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCatalysisColloidal goldNanoparticleHeterogeneous catalysisNanotechnologyEnvironmental chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsNanocluster Synthesis and Applications