title: Structural changes of the gold-support interface during CO oxidation catalyzed by mononuclear gold complexes bonded to zeolite NaY: evidence from time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
abstract: Mononuclear gold complexes synthesized from AuIII(CH3)2(acac) in zeolite NaY were characterized by time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy as they catalyzed CO oxidation at 298 K and 760 Torr in flow systems. Initial contact with a CO + O2 mixture led to the rapid formation of cationic gold complexes in which Au was bonded to approximately two zeolite O atoms, on average. Further contact with CO + O2 led to breaking of an Au-surface oxygen bond, giving a gold carbonyl anchored to approximately one O atom. The process was reversed in the absence of CO and O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fierro-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Bruce C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Gates