Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (11): 1873.

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Effect of Precipitant on the Performances and Structures of Au/ZnO Catalysts for CO Oxidation

WANG Gui-Ying, LIAN Hong-Lei, XU Yue, ZHANG Wen-Xiang, JIANG Da-Zhen, WU Tong-Hao   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun130023, China
  • Received:2000-10-08 Online:2001-11-24 Published:2001-11-24

Abstract: Various Au/ZnOcatalysts were prepared by a coprecipitation method with four kinds of precipitants, Na2CO3, (NH4)2CO3, NaOHand NH4OH, and the catalytic performance of COoxidation at an ambient temperature and humidity were studied. It was found that the precipitants play an important role for the Au/ZnOcatalyst structure, such as the precursors, the particle size of ZnOand metallic gold and the BETsurface area of Au/Zn Ocatalysts. The sample prepared by using NH4OHas precipitant exhibited a lower activity and poorer stability, while the Au/ZnOcatalysts prepared by other three precipitants can maintain COcompletely oxidized to CO2 for at least1100 h. The feed gas mixture can result in sintering of metallic gold and accumulation of carbonate like species on the surface of Au/ZnOcatalysts during the CO-oxidation process. The stability is related to the rate of gold sintering and the amount of hydrozincite formed on the catalyst surface.

Key words: Au/ZnO, Precipitant, CO oxidation, Activity, Stability

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