The influence of metal loading and pH during preparation on the CO oxidation activity of Au/TiO2 catalysts

François Moreau; Geoffrey C Bond; Adrian O Taylor

doi:10.1039/b404769a

The influence of metal loading and pH during preparation on the CO oxidation activity of Au/TiO2 catalysts

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 21:(14):1642-3. doi: 10.1039/b404769a. Epub 2004 Jun 9.

Authors

François Moreau¹, Geoffrey C Bond, Adrian O Taylor

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Materials Research, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK M5 4WT. f.moreau@salford.ac.uk

PMID: 15263958
DOI: 10.1039/b404769a

Abstract

Au/TiO2 catalysts with gold loadings in the range 0.06-1.9 wt.%, prepared by 'deposition-precipitation' at pH 9, have a constant and high specific activity for the oxidation of CO: 3.9(+/- 0.4) x 10(-4) molCO s(-1) gAu(-1) at 243 K.