Nanoporous Gold as a Platform for a Building Block Catalyst

Porous bulk materials are of great interest in catalysis because they can be employed in heterogeneous gas and liquid phase catalysis, electrocatalysis, and in electrocatalytic sensing. Nanoporous gold gained considerable attraction in this context because it is the prime example of a corrosion-deri...

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Published in:ACS catalysis 2012-10, Vol.2 (10), p.2199-2215
Main Authors: Wittstock, Arne, Wichmann, Andre, Bäumer, Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bimetallic catalyst
electrocatalysis
electrocatalytic sensors
gas phase catalysis
gold catalysis
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
nanoporous gold
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Summary:Porous bulk materials are of great interest in catalysis because they can be employed in heterogeneous gas and liquid phase catalysis, electrocatalysis, and in electrocatalytic sensing. Nanoporous gold gained considerable attraction in this context because it is the prime example of a corrosion-derived nanoporous bulk metal. The material was shown to be a very active and selective Au type catalyst for a variety of oxidation reactions. By leveraging the functionalization of the surface of the material with various additives, its catalytic applications can be extended and tuned. In this review, we will summarize recent developments in using nanoporous gold as the platform for the development of high performance catalytic materials by adding metals, metal oxides, and molecular functionalities as building blocks.
ISSN:2155-5435
2155-5435
DOI:10.1021/cs300231u