Coordinatively Unsaturated Al 3+ Centers as Binding Sites for Active Catalyst Phases of Platinum on γ-Al 2 O 3

Abstract

Bonding Oxides and Metals The binding of noble metals that can act as catalysts to metal oxides that are reducible is assumed to occur at the exposed cation of the oxide. For nonreducable oxides such as aluminum oxide, it is not so obvious how the metal can bind strongly. Kwak et al. (p. 1670 ) used a combination of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and solid-state magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance to study the anchoring of platinum at high and low loadings on alumina. At the surface, the Al 3+ ions were penta-coordinated. Density functional calculations support a model in which the cation binds three oxygen atoms in the alumina and two from platinum oxide.

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PlatinumCatalysisOxideMagic angle spinningMetalInorganic chemistryAluminium oxidesChemistryBinding energyAluminium oxideNoble metalMaterials scienceCrystallographyNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyAtomic physicsStereochemistryMetallurgy

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 325
Issue: 5948
Pages: 1670-1673
Citations: 965
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                                    Ja Hun Kwak, 
                                
                                    Jian Zhi Hu, 
                                
                                    Donghai Mei
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            Coordinatively Unsaturated Al <sup>3+</sup> Centers as Binding Sites for Active Catalyst Phases of Platinum on γ-Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub>. 
                            Science
                            , 325
                            (5948)
                            , 1670-1673.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176745
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1176745

Coordinatively Unsaturated Al <sup>3+</sup> Centers as Binding Sites for Active Catalyst Phases of Platinum on γ-Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub>