The intense interest in increasing the efficiency of heterogeneous catalysts has spurred an major effort in the development of predictive design principles.  In this work, we demonstrate the ability to translate fundamental understanding of surface chemistry to catalyst function for selective oxidation reactions on Au-based catalysts.  Fundamental surface chemistry is used to establish the elementary steps along the pathway to selective oxidation of alcohols on Au and Ag.  Controlled synthesis of colloid templated porous oxide structures containing embedded dilute alloy particles with Au as the majority component is used to tailor catalytic properties.  The products derived from the catalytic reactions using these materials is predicted by the fundamental surface chemistry. Furthermore, these materials are very thermally stable because of the embedded nature of the nanoparticles.  Generalization of these concepts to other catalyst compositions and different reactions is underway.<br/>

Translation of fundamental studies of surface chemistry to catalytic function in nanoporous materials

255th National Meeting (2018)

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