Alumina- and zeolite-supported Pd materials catalyze the ambient-condition hydrodechlorination of organohalides in water. In the form of different-sized nanoparticles (NPs) in supported metal catalysts, the Pd content can be studied as colloidal NPs. Through this approach, my research group has found that Pd catalytic properties can be enhanced by how the metal coats the surface of Au NPs [Y. L. Fang et al., 'Kinetics Analysis of Palladium/Gold Nanoparticles as Colloidal Hydrodechlorination Catalysts,' ACS Catal., 1, 128-138 (2011)]. In this talk, I will discuss how we evolve our colloidal Pd-on-Au NPs towards an alumina-supported catalyst for chloroform hydrodechlorination under flow conditions.

Short story about chloroform hydrodechlorination using PdAu catalysts

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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