Revealing the Active Species for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation by Using Uniform Supported Palladium Catalysts

Pingyu Xin; Jia Li; Yu Xiong; Xi Wu; Juncai Dong; Wenxing Chen; Yu Wang; Lin Gu; Jun Luo; Hongpan Rong; Chen Chen; Qing Peng; Dingsheng Wang; Yadong Li

doi:10.1002/anie.201801103

Revealing the Active Species for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation by Using Uniform Supported Palladium Catalysts

Pingyu Xin, Jia Li, Yu Xiong, Xi Wu, Juncai Dong, Wenxing Chen, Yu Wang, Lin Gu, Jun Luo, Hongpan Rong, Chen Chen, Qing Peng, Dingsheng Wang^*, Yadong Li

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Abstract

The active species in supported metal catalysts are elusive to identify, and large quantities of inert species can cause significant waste. Herein, using a stoichiometrically precise synthetic method, we prepare atomically dispersed palladium–cerium oxide (Pd₁/CeO₂) and hexapalladium cluster–cerium oxide (Pd₆/CeO₂), as confirmed by spherical-aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. For aerobic alcohol oxidation, Pd₁/CeO₂ shows extremely high catalytic activity with a TOF of 6739 h⁻¹ and satisfactory selectivity (almost 100 % for benzaldehyde), while Pd₆/CeO₂ is inactive, indicating that the true active species are single Pd atoms. Theoretical simulations reveal that the bulkier Pd₆ clusters hinder the interactions between hydroxy groups and the CeO₂ surface, thus suppressing synergy of Pd-Ce perimeter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4642-4646
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	57
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201801103
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

aerobic oxidation
benzyl alcohol
palladium clusters
single atom catalysts
supported catalysts

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