Oxidation by CO2 of Au0 species on La2O3-supported gold clusters.
The IR spectra that characterize La(2)O(3)-supported gold clusters show that the original Au(0) species can be oxidized by CO(2) during the catalytic CO oxidation reaction, indicating that CO(2) is the actual gold oxidizing agent.
Mihaylov
Mihail
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Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria. misho@svr.igic.bas.bg
Ivanova
Elena
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Hao
Yalin
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Hadjiivanov
Konstantin
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Gates
Bruce C
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Knözinger
Helmut
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