Abstract
Gold nanoparticles were deposited on two kinds of solid acids, i.e., amorphous SiO2–Al2O3 and cation-exchange resin Amberlyst-15; the resultant materials exhibited high activity as metal–acid bifunctional catalysts. SiO2–Al2O3 was impregnated with a chloride-free alkaline Au(III) solution containing Na+ and then dried. After calcination at 623K, gold nanoparticles with diameters of 4.2nm (measured by X-ray diffraction) were deposited at a Au loading of 1.0wt%. By replacing the Na+ ions with H+ ions through ammonium ion-exchange and heating, an acidic Au/SiO2–Al2O3 catalyst was obtained. In Amberlyst-15, gold nanoparticles with diameters of 7.3nm were deposited after impregnation and drying. Subsequent ion-exchange with dilute sulfuric acid generated the acidic form of the Au/Amberlyst-15 catalyst, which showed an esterification activity equivalent to that of the original Amberlyst-15. The catalyst exhibited high activity for the direct conversion of cellobiose to gluconic acid, which requires both acid hydrolysis and oxidation. A 45% yield of gluconic acid was obtained after 24h of reaction under ambient air at 373K, with an apparent synergistic effect between the gold nanoparticles and acidic resin surface.
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