Monodisperse Platinum and Rhodium Nanoparticles as Model Heterogeneous Catalysts
Description:
Model heterogeneous catalysts have been synthesized and studied to better understand how the surface structure of noble metal nanoparticles affects catalytic performance. In this project, monodisperse rhodium and platinum nanoparticles of controlled size and shape have been synthesized by solution phase polyol reduction, stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). Model catalysts have been developed using these nanoparticles by two methods: synthesis of mesoporous silica (SBA-15) in the presence …
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Date:
August 15, 2008
Creator:
Coble, Inger M
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department