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- Title
Understanding the Role of Gold Nanoparticles in Enhancing the Catalytic Activity of Manganese Oxides in Water Oxidation Reactions.
- Authors
Kuo, Chung-Hao; Li, Weikun; Pahalagedara, Lakshitha; El-Sawy, Abdelhamid M.; Kriz, David; Genz, Nina; Guild, Curtis; Ressler, Thorsten; Suib, Steven L.; He, Jie
- Abstract
The Earth-abundant and inexpensive manganese oxides (MnO x) have emerged as an intriguing type of catalysts for the water oxidation reaction. However, the overall turnover frequencies of MnO x catalysts are still much lower than that of nanostructured IrO2 and RuO2 catalysts. Herein, we demonstrate that doping MnO x polymorphs with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can result in a strong enhancement of catalytic activity for the water oxidation reaction. It is observed that, for the first time, the catalytic activity of MnO x/AuNPs catalysts correlates strongly with the initial valence of the Mn centers. By promoting the formation of Mn3+ species, a small amount of AuNPs (<5 %) in α-MnO2/AuNP catalysts significantly improved the catalytic activity up to 8.2 times in the photochemical and 6 times in the electrochemical system, compared with the activity of pure α-MnO2.
- Subjects
MANGANESE oxides; OXIDATION; CATALYSTS; GOLD nanoparticles; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL analysis
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 8, p2345
- ISSN
1433-7851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201407783