Highly Dispersive Gold Nanoclusters Confined within Micropores of Defective UiO-66 for Highly Efficient Aldehyde Oxidation at Mild Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Preparation and Characterization of Catalysts
2.2. Catalytic Assay of Furfural Oxidation by Au@UiO-66-X
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Synthesis of Defective UiO-66
4.3. Synthesis of Au@UiO-66 Materials
4.4. Equipment for Characterizations
4.5. Oxidative Esterification Assay of Furfural in MeOH
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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No. | Catalysts | Con. (%) | Sel. (%, a) | Sel. (%, b) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Au@UiO-66-0 | 9.04 | 100.0 | N.D. |
2 | Au@UiO-66-10 | 88.71 | 100.0 | N.D. |
3 | Au@UiO-66-25 | 98.79 | 100.0 | N.D. |
4 | Au@UiO-66-50 | 23.07 | 100.0 | N.D. |
5 | Au@UiO-66def | 39.14 | 100.0 | N.D. |
Samples | UiO-66-0 | UiO-66-10 | UiO-66-25 | UiO-66-50 | UiO-66def |
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Acid quantity (mmol/g) | 1.039 | 1.353 | 1.468 | 1.014 | 1.247 |
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He, M.-Q.; Chang, X.-Y.; Li, H.-W.; Wu, Y. Highly Dispersive Gold Nanoclusters Confined within Micropores of Defective UiO-66 for Highly Efficient Aldehyde Oxidation at Mild Conditions. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 6779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126779
He M-Q, Chang X-Y, Li H-W, Wu Y. Highly Dispersive Gold Nanoclusters Confined within Micropores of Defective UiO-66 for Highly Efficient Aldehyde Oxidation at Mild Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(12):6779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126779
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Ming-Qin, Xin-Yu Chang, Hong-Wei Li, and Yuqing Wu. 2024. "Highly Dispersive Gold Nanoclusters Confined within Micropores of Defective UiO-66 for Highly Efficient Aldehyde Oxidation at Mild Conditions" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 12: 6779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126779