Effect of Hydrogen Pretreatment of Platinum Nanoparticles on their Catalytic Properties: Reactions with Alkyl Radicals – A Mechanistic Study

Ronen Bar-Ziv, Tomer Zidki, Israel Zilbermann, Guy Yardeni, Dan Meyerstein

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Abstract

Methyl radicals react with platinum nanoparticles (NPs) suspended in aqueous solutions to form (Pt0-NPs)-(CH3)n as a stable major product. Hydrogen gas treatment of the Pt0-NPs affects the composition of the products and the surface reactions. The results clearly point out that pretreatment of Pt0-NPs and (Pt0-NPs)-(CH3)n with H2 considerably affects their reactions with methyl radicals. The implications of the results on catalytic processes are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2761-2764
Number of pages4
JournalChemCatChem
Volume8
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Sep 2016

Keywords

  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • hydrogen
  • nanoparticles
  • platinum
  • radicals

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