A novel Zn-Al spinel-alumina composite supported gold catalyst for efficient CO oxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Oct 7;57(80):10335-10338. doi: 10.1039/d1cc02614c.

Abstract

A spinel-alumina inert oxide supported gold catalyst with high Au dispersion and excellent CO oxidation activity was developed by a deposition-precipitation method. The activation atmosphere could tune the reaction pathway by adjusting the amount of surface adsorbed water species, thus transforming the reaction intermediates from HCO3- or CO32- to COOH.