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Nanostructured Materials Prepared by Surface-Assisted Reduction: New Catalysts for Methane Oxidation

TitleNanostructured Materials Prepared by Surface-Assisted Reduction: New Catalysts for Methane Oxidation
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsGomathi, A, Vickers, SM, Gholami, R, Alyani, M, Man, RWY, MacLachlan, MJ, Smith, KJ, Wolf, MO
JournalACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume7
Pagination19268-19273
Date PublishedSEP 2
ISSN1944-8244
Abstract

Cerium formate hollow spheres and cerium hydroxycarbonate nanorods with residual formate groups are effective for reducing palladium(II) salts onto their surfaces. Calcination of the new materials obtained by this surface-assisted reduction method gives highly active PdO/CeO2 nanostructures with Pd well dispersed on the substrate. Temperature-programmed oxidation experiments showed that these nanomaterials are good catalysts for the low-temperature oxidation of methane, with 50% conversion temperatures (T-50%) at similar to 300 degrees C.

DOI10.1021/acsami.5b05189