title: Detection and measurement of surface electron transfer on reduced molybdenum oxides (MoO(x)) and catalytic activities of Au/MoO(x).
abstract: The sensing of electrons confined inside surface defect sites has been demonstrated. Tetracyanoethylene was employed as a single-electron acceptor to characterize the reduction of fully oxidized MoO(3) . Electron transfer deposits negative charge on closely contacted gold nanoparticles on the surface, which explains the high catalytic activity in the aerobic oxidation of alcohols.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China. wangfeng@dicp.ac.cn
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu