Chemisorption and Reactions of Small Molecules on Small Gold Particles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Chemisorption and Catalytic Activity
3. The Electronic Structure of Gold
4. Electronic Structure of Small Gold Particles
5. Chemisorption on Small Gold Particles
6. Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide
7. Chemisorption of Oxygen
8. Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide
- (2) Gold atoms can be co-condensed with Ar, and they form a complex Au(O2) with O2, the molecule bonded sideways on; the complex reacts with CO to form the gold carbonyl peroxyformate which decomposes at 30–40 K to give AuO(CO) and then CO2 + Au [60].
9. Chemisorption of Hydrogen
10. Hydrogenation
10.1. Reactions Involving H2 and D2
10.2. Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
10.3. Chemoselective Hydrogenation
11. Other Reactions of Small Molecules
11.1. Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide in Hydrogen (PROX) and Oxidation of Hydrogen
11.2. The Water-Gas Shift
11.3. Decomposition of Formic Acid
11.4. Selective Oxidation of Propene to Methyloxirane
11.5. Electrocatalysis
12. Conclusions
References and Notes
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