Swellable Organically Modified Silica (SOMS) as a Catalyst Scaffold for Catalytic Treatment of Water Contaminated with Trichloroethylene
Swellable Organically Modified Silica (SOMS) as a Catalyst Scaffold for Catalytic Treatment of Water Contaminated with Trichloroethylene
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DOI:
10.1021/acscatal.8b01700
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发表时间:
2018-06
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12.9
通讯作者:
G. Celik;Saurabh Ailawar;Hyuntae Sohn;Yu Tang;F. Tao;Jeffrey T. Miller;P. Edmiston;U. Ozkan
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G. Celik;Saurabh Ailawar;Hyuntae Sohn;Yu Tang;F. Tao;Jeffrey T. Miller;P. Edmiston;U. Ozkan
The properties of a swellable organically modified silica (SOMS) scaffold allowed us to synthesize “smart” catalysts with tunable accessibility of the active sites induced by organic swelling agents. Pd nanoparticles (NPs) deposited inside the swollen matrix of SOMS were shown to be selectively located on the interior surface, a surface which is only available through swelling. Techniques such as near ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP–XPS) and cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to characterize Pd/SOMS in its swollen as well as unswollen state because their conventional counterparts do not preserve the swollen state of Pd/SOMS during spectral acquisition. The results obtained depicted significant differences between the unswollen and swollen state of Pd/SOMS. The most important difference is that Pd NPs became accessible on the surface after exposure to an organic compound. This indicates that the accessibility of the active sites can be controlled by changing t...