Acetylene Hydrochlorination Using Carbon-Supported Gold Catalysts: A Study of the Nature of the Active Species

Davies, Catherine

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 8:00 AM

301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Catherine Davies¹, Graham Hutchings¹, Xi Liu¹, David Morgan¹, David Elias¹, Peter Johnston², Li Lu³, Christopher J. Kiely³ and Marco Conte⁴, (1)Cardiff University, United Kingdom, (2)Johnson Matthey Catalysts, United Kingdom, (3)Lehigh University, USA, (4)Sheffield University, United Kingdom.

We have investigated the activation of the Au/C catalysts prepared using aqua regia, HNO₃ and HCl as solvent. The highest activity is observed with the catalysts prepared using aqua regia. Characterization using XPS and STEM has been used to determine the nature of the active species during this reaction..

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O-Th-301-1 Acetylene Hydrochlorination Using Carbon-Supported Gold Catalysts: A Study of the Nature of the Active Species