title: Surface oxygen-assisted Pd nanoparticle catalysis for selective oxidation of silanes to silanols.
abstract: Just add O(2): Based on the fact that an oxygen-adsorbed Pd metal surface shows higher reactivity for water dissociation than a clean Pd surface, carbon-supported Pd nanoparticles (NPs) with surface oxygen atoms were developed as a highly effective and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for selective oxidation of silanes to silanols with water as a green oxidant (see figure).
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-10, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan. kshimizu@cat.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satsuma