Low-temperature oxidation of methanal on nanostructured silver–amino anion exchanger catalysts

Abstract

Nanostructured silver–amino anion exchanger composites have been synthesized as catalysts for the low-temperature oxidation of methanal with molecular oxygen in aqueous solution. The oxidative conversion of methanal reaches 80–100% at 298 K. The methanal oxidation reaction is size-dependent, and its rate increases with a decrease in the silver nanoparticle size. The fixed amino groups of anion-exchange matrix play the role of additional active sites for the adsorption of methanal in the form of methylene glycolate–anions, which facilitates the reaction.