Formation of monometallic Au and Pd and bimetallic Au–Pd nanoparticles confined in mesopores via Ar glow-discharge plasma reduction and their catalytic applications in aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol

• Main Authors: Yang, Yanhui, Jia, Xinli, Zhang, Hua, Zhou, Chunmei, Chen, Yuanting, Wang, Houpeng, Liu, Chang-jun, Zeng, Zhiyuan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105285; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17517
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Successfully prepared via Ar glow-discharge plasma reduction, Au–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles were highly active in the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol, showing a rate constant of 0.50 h−1, which was 12.5 and 2× that of Au and Pd monometallic catalysts, respectively. Characterization analyses a...