Ammonium formate decomposition over Au/TiO2: a unique case of preferential selectivity against NH3 oxidation

Manasa Sridhar; Daniel Peitz; Jeroen Anton van Bokhoven; Oliver Kröcher

doi:10.1039/C4CC00196F

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Ammonium formate decomposition over Au/TiO₂: a unique case of preferential selectivity against NH₃ oxidation†

Manasa Sridhar,‡^a Daniel Peitz,‡^a Jeroen Anton van Bokhoven^ab and Oliver Kröcher*^ac

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^a Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
E-mail: oliver.kroecher@psi.ch

^b ETH Zurich, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

^c École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

The unique selectivity of Au/TiO₂ for converting ammonium formate to CO₂ in the presence of excess O₂ and H₂O without oxidising NH₃ up to 300 °C is reported. The catalyst is highly stable and selective even after severe hydrothermal aging.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00196F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Jan 2014
Accepted: 12 May 2014
First published: 12 May 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 6998-7000

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Ammonium formate decomposition over Au/TiO₂: a unique case of preferential selectivity against NH₃ oxidation

M. Sridhar, D. Peitz, J. A. van Bokhoven and O. Kröcher, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6998 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00196F

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