Ultrasmall Au10 clusters anchored on pyramid-capped rectangular TiO2 for olefin oxidation

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1182-1192

  Li, Lixiong ^a,b   Huang, Shuangshuang ^a,b   Song, Jianjun ^a,b   Yang, Nating ^a,b   Liu, Jingwei ^a   Chen, Yuyun ^a   Sun, Yuhan ^a,c   Jin, Rongchao ^d   Zhu, Yan ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Au10; electronic structure; olefin oxidation; singlet oxygen; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIZATION OF GASES; OLEFINS; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; AU10; CATALYTIC ABILITY; COLUMNAR STRUCTURES; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; OLEFIN OXIDATION; SINGLET OXYGEN; TIO2;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84960356580     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1012-2     Document Type: Article

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