Research Article
Effect of Au Precursor and Support on the Catalytic Activity of the Nano-Au-Catalysts for Propane Complete Oxidation
Table 2
Textural properties of the gold catalysts and the support.
| Gold catalysts | Surface area (m2/g) | Phase structure | Particle size of gold | Crystal size (nm) | CeO2 | ZrO2 |
| CeO2 | 131.1 | Fluorite cubic | | 22 | | -Ce | 132.0 | Fluorite cubic | ~5 nm | 23 | | -Ce | 128.0 | Fluorite cubic | ~14 nm | 24 | | -Ce | 126.7 | Fluorite cubic | 17 nm | 24 | | ZrO2 | 80.0 | Amorphous | | | 70 | -Zr | 80.3 | Amorphous | — | | 72 | Ce-Zr | 118.0 | Fluorite cubic | | 24 | 24 | -Ce-Zr | 120.1 | Fluorite cubic | — | 20 | 26 |
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Obtained by N2 adsorption; obtained by XRD; obtained by STEM.
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