Catalysts 2012, 2(1), 1-23; doi:10.3390/catal2010001
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Gold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts

Rosa Bonelli 1 email, Stefano Zacchini 2 email and Stefania Albonetti 1,* email
1 Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 6 October 2011; in revised form: 1 December 2011 / Accepted: 6 December 2011 / Published: 21 December 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gold Catalysts)
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Abstract: A novel preparation method was developed for the preparation of gold/iron oxide supported catalysts using the bimetallic carbonyl cluster salts [NEt4]4[Au4Fe4(CO)16] and [NEt4][AuFe4(CO)16] as precursors of highly dispersed nanoparticles over different supports. A series of catalysts with different metal loadings were prepared and tested in the complete oxidation of dichlorobenzene, toluene, methanol and in the preferential oxidation of CO in the presence of H2 (PROX) as model reactions. The characterization by BET, XRD, TEM, H2-TPR, ICP-AES and XPS point out the way the nature of the precursors and the thermal treatment conditions affected the dispersion of the active phase and their catalytic activity in the studied reactions.
Keywords: cluster derived catalysts; gold/iron catalysts; catalytic combustion

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Bonelli, R.; Zacchini, S.; Albonetti, S. Gold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts. Catalysts 2012, 2, 1-23.

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Bonelli R, Zacchini S, Albonetti S. Gold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts. Catalysts. 2012; 2(1):1-23.

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Bonelli, Rosa; Zacchini, Stefano; Albonetti, Stefania. 2012. "Gold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts." Catalysts 2, no. 1: 1-23.

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