Abstract
In this study, gold nanoparticles were dispersed on Co3O4 nanoplates, forming a specific Au-Co3O4 interface. Upon calcination at 300 °C in air, aberration-corrected STEM images evidenced that the gold nanoclusters (NCs) on Co3O4{111} were maintained at ca. 2.2 nm, which is similar to the size of the parent Au colloidal particles, demonstrating the stronger metal-support interaction (SMSI) on Co3O4{111}. Au/Co3O4{111} showed good catalytic activity (a full CO conversion achieved at 80 °C) and durability (over 10 hours) in CO oxidation, which was mainly due to the promotion by the surface oxygen vacancies and intrinsic defects of Co3O4{111} for activating O2 and by Au0, Auδ+, and Au+ species on the surface of gold NCs for CO activation, as evidenced by Raman and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy analysis. Au/Co3O4 catalyzed CO oxidation obeyed the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism at low temperatures.
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