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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 14, Issue 48, Pages 16654-16659Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42691a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20906081, 21176221, 21101137]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [R4110345]
- New Century Excellent Talents in University Program [NCET-10-0979]
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The structures and catalytic properties of AuPd clusters supported on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for H2O2 synthesis have been investigated by means of density functional theory calculations. Firstly, the structures of AuPd clusters are strongly influenced by CNTs, in which the bottom layers are mainly composed of Pd and the top layers are a mix of Au and Pd due to the stronger binding of Pd than Au on CNTs. Especially, it is found that O-2 adsorption on the Pd/CNTs interfacial sites is much weaker than that on the only Pd sites, which is in contrast to transition metal oxide (for example TiO2, Al2O3, CeO2) supported metal clusters. Furthermore, Pd ensembles on the interfacial sites have far superior catalytic properties for H2O2 formation than those away from CNT supports due to the changes in electronic structures caused by the CNTs. Therefore, our study provides a physical insight into the enhanced role of carbon supports in H2O2 synthesis over supported AuPd catalysts.
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