XAS study on the gold particle size of Au catalysts

Abstract

In the last few years, gold catalysts have generated a great amount of interest. This has been the result of two main findings: gold is the most active catalyst for ethyne hydrochlorination, and it is also effective for CO oxidation at low temperatures. Because of these findings and their industrial importance, the potential of gold catalysts for CO oxidation and selective oxidation reactions is now the subject of intensive research.