乙二醇在电解银表面的氧化

用超高真空程序升温反应谱和瞬时应答方法研究了乙二醇在电解银表面的氧化，实验表明，室温下乙二醇吸附在电解银表面，并在３４３Ｋ分解给出一组产物群，预吸附氧与乙二醇反应时，在３４３Ｋ，４３３Ｋ和６１２Ｋ处给出三组产物群，它们分别对应于不同的表面反应，并给出了电解银催化乙二醇制乙二醛的活性结果。     

Specific features of polyol synthesis of silver nanoparticles with the use of solid carboxylates as precursors

Electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and chromatography-mass spectrometry have been employed to investigate the reduction of solid silver caprylate in ethylene glycol with the formation of silver nanoparticles. The structural characteristics of silver nanoparticles have been studied as depending on the conditions of their synthesis, including temperature, reduction time, and silver salt concentration. It has been found that, in the studied range of parameters under the conditions, when solid silver caprylate is dispersed in ethylene glycol, the characteristics of resulting nanoparticles are almost independent of the synthesis temperature. This peculiarity is related to the fact that the formation and growth of nanoparticles occur on the surface of silver salt crystals and are accompanied by gradual dissolution thereof. In this system, ethylene glycol plays the roles of a reductant and a solvent for liquid reaction products.     

Acid and catalytic properties of MnOm?ZrO2 (M=Ca, Ba, Sm, Yb) compositions

The volume stages of ethylene glycol oxidation to glyoxal on silver have been studied by varying the catalyst grain size. Temperature oscillations have been detected in the catalyst layer. The nature of the oscillations and the range of their generation were investigated by varying the oxygen, ethylene glycol and water vapor contents in the reaction mixture. Glyoxal formation was shown to occur on the silver catalyst surface. The generation of oscillations is responsible for the CO to CO₂ oxidation in the volume between the catalyst grains.     

Surface interaction of ethylene glycol with silver

Interaction of ethylene glycol with clean and oxidized surfaces of an Ag catalyst has been studied under pre-catalysis conditions. On a clean surface, ethylene glycol was reversibly adsorbed with the formation of a multilayer coverage. Adsorbed ethylene glycol weakly bonded to the oxidized silver surface leads to the selective formation of glyoxalvia two parallel routes: dehydrogenation and oxidation. Dissociative interaction of ethylene glycol with Ag led to the appearance of formaldehyde and carbon dioxide by-products.     

银-磷催化剂催化乙二醇制乙二醛及其表面性质

用银－磷催化剂研究了原料气线速、空速、氧醇摩尔比、反应温度、乙二醇重量浓度对催化氧化乙二醇制乙二醛的反应活性的影响．结果表明，在相近的反应条件下，银－磷催化剂能使副产物ＣＯ２的产率从电解银的３０％降到１３．３％，而使乙二醛收率从５４％增至８１％．Ｘ射线光电子能谱表明，在银表面上形成了稳定的表面磷化合物并占据了一部分深度氧化的活性位，因而提高了反应的选择性．     

Preparation of Ag/HOPG model catalysts with a variable particle size and an in situ xps study of their catalytic properties in ethylene oxidation

The preparation of model silver catalysts supported on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is described, and the effect of the Ag particle size on the catalytic ethylene oxidation into ethylene oxide, studied by in situ XPS and mass spectrometry, is considered. For a mean particle diameter of 8 nm, the adsorbed oxygen species characterized by an O 1s binding energy of 530.8 ± 0.2 eV (electrophilic oxygen) forms on the silver surface exposed to the ethylene-oxygen reaction mixture. Larger silver particles with a mean diameter of 40 nm additionally contain the adsorbed oxygen species characterized by an O 1s binding energy of 529.2 ± 0.2 eV (nucleophilic oxygen). The presence of both oxygen species on the surface of the larger particles ensures the formation of ethylene oxide, while the sample with the smaller silver particles is inactive in the epoxidation reaction. The O 1s signal at 530.8 eV is partly due to oxygen dissolved in the subsurface layers of silver.     

银-钡催化剂的表面性质和对乙烯环氧化的活性

电解根作为乙烯环氧化催化剂有较好的催化性能，微量助催化剂ＢａＯ能大大提高反应活性，但过多的Ｂａ会抑制反应活性和选择性。ＸＰＳ，ＩＣＰ，ＡＥＳ结果表明：钡在表面富集，反应前钡以ＢａＯ和ＢａＣＯ３形式存在，反应时以ＢａＣＯ３存在于表面。催化稳定性实验表明ＢａＯ和ＢａＣＯ３的作用相同。用功函数测量研究了氧的吸附，结合活性数据阐明了钡添加的电子效应。     

Microwave-Assisted Coating of PMMA beads by silver nanoparticles

Microwave (MW) irradiation was found to be a new technique for coating silver nanoparticles with an average size of approximately 31 nm onto the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA beads (3 mm diameter). The microwave polyol reduction was carried out under an argon atmosphere. Silver nanoparticles were obtained by the MW irradiation of a solution mixture containing silver nitrate (or silver acetate), poly(ethylene glycol), ethanol, water, and 24 wt % aqueous ammonia for 5 min in the presence of PMMA beads, yielding a PMMA-nanosilver composite. By controlling the atmosphere and reaction conditions, we could achieve the deposition of silver nanoparticles onto the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) and vary the amount of the silver anchored to the surface. The resulting silver-deposited PMMA samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and volumetric titration with potassium thiocyanate (KSCN) according to the Folgard method.     

The role played by an iodine-containing promoter in the formation of active polycrystalline silver catalyst surface

The programmed temperature desorption method was used to study the interaction of oxygen with the surface of a polycrystalline silver catalyst promoted with iodine. Ethyl iodide almost did not interact with the unoxidized surface of silver. The adsorption of C₂H₅I on the oxidized catalyst surface resulted in the formation of two adsorbed iodine forms, silver iodide and iodine deeply dissolved in subsurface silver crystal lattice layers. The character of oxygen adsorption from the iodine-containing surface of the catalyst was determined by the amount and form of adsorbed iodine. In the presence of a iodine-containing promoter, the concentration of oxide-like oxygen sharply decreased, and the amount of strongly bound atomically adsorbed oxygen responsible for the selective transformation of ethylene glycol into glyoxal increased.     

The Study of the Nature of Adsorbed Species to Build a Bridge between Surface Science and Catalysis: Problems of Pressure and Material Gap

This review substantiates the molecular approach to the study of the catalytic action of various systems, which consists in the comparative study of the nature and reactivity of adsorbed species and considering the problems of pressure and material gaps. The pressure gap problem can be solved by a continuous increase in the pressure of the reaction mixture, including carrying out in situ studies. The solution to the problem of material gap is possible when one passes from bulk to dispersed samples, which model real supported catalysts. As the last step that can build a bridge between surface science and catalysis, the study of nanoparticle reactivity toward the reactants of a catalytic reaction with varying sizes of nanoparticles is proposed. The scope of such an approach is demonstrated by the study of silver catalysts of ethylene epoxidation. It was found that the catalytic action of silver in the process of ethylene oxide synthesis is determined by the possibility of formation of electrophilic adsorbed atomic oxygen. Its formation is more efficient under the action of reaction mixtures at high pressures and on the surfaces of silver species with sizes smaller than 50 nm. It is shown that the reaction center should also contain the nucleophilic form of O_ads, which itself is only active in the complete oxidation of ethylene but creates the Ag¹⁺ sites for ethylene adsorption. The disappearance of O_nucl with a decrease in the size of silver particles below 50 nm leads to a drastic decrease in the rate of ethylene epoxidation. The reaction mechanism made it possible to propose systems with an abnormally high value of selectivity to ethylene oxide (>90%).     

Synthesis and characterisation of silver nanoparticles in viscous solvents and its transfer into non-polar solvents

Room temperature synthesis of silver nanoparticles has been successfully achieved by adding NaOH acting as an accelerator for the reduction of silver ions in ethylene glycol and glycerol without adding any external reducing agent. Highly monodisperse silver particles are obtained in the presence of various stabilisers such as PVP, SiO₂ and SDS. Nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 25 nm and a mean deviation of 2 nm could be obtained under experimental conditions. The silver nanoparticles so obtained could be easily transferred to chloroform containing CTAB, giving rise to CTAB stabilised silver nanoparticles having sizes of around 25 nm. The newly found role of OH⁻ stabilisation was used to formulate a mechanism for the formation of silver nanoparticles in ethylene glycol and glycerol. In this mechanism, silver nanoparticles are stabilised in ethylene glycol by the adsorbed OH⁻ ions.     

High immobilization of antibacterial moieties onto monodisperse microspheres by dispersion polymerization using bicationic viologen surfmer

In order to achieve monodisperse particles with high content of antibacterial groups covalently bonded on surface, a bicationic viologen,N-hexyl-N’-(4-vinylbenzyl)-4,4’-bipyridinium bromide chloride(HW) was devised as a surfmer in dispersion polymerization of styrene(St) using a mixture of methanol(or ethylene glycol) and water as media.Effects of content of HW,its addition profile and composition of reaction media on particles size and incorporation of HW moieties were mainly investigated.The attachment of silver and gold nanoparticles on particle surface under UV irradiation ascertained the surface-bonded HW segments.SEM,TEM observations and XPS,zata potential measurements indicated that increase of initial HW contents and addition of HW(when polymerization had been performed for 3 h) led to grown particles and enhanced immobilization of HW moieties.Using a mixture of ethylene glycol and water as reaction media, small particles(520-142 nm) with highly attached HW moieties were prepared.Furthermore,antibacterial efficacy of the resultant particles against S.aureus was assayed,and particles with more HW moieties anchored on surface demonstrated greater efficiency of antibacterial activity.     

Destructive effect of solar light on morphology of colloidal silver nanocubes

Colloidal silver nanocubes (NCs) were successfully synthesized by reduction of silver nitrate with ethylene glycol and polyvinylpyrrolidon as capping agent. The effect of solar light irradiation on the formation and morphology of silver NCs was investigated. Moreover, altering the amount of sodium sulfide was used to control the morphology and shape of primary silver seeds. Scanning electron microscopy, transmitting electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and UV-vis spectroscopy were used to characterize silver NCs. The samples prepared under the solar light irradiation do not possess cubic shape while highly monodispersed silver NCs were obtained in dark room conditions. For dark room synthesis, a decrease of the amount of Na₂S by only 10 μL resulted in formation of mixture of silver nanospheres and nanowires in addition to NCs instead of the monodispersed silver NCs. However, similar increase of the amount of sodium sulfide results in distortion of cubic geometry of particles. The results suggest that solar light has a negative effect on the shape evolution of the primary silver seeds.     

Cleaning of the Surface of Silver Crystals Used as Catalysts of Gas-Phase Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol to Glyoxal

The procedure for cleaning polycrystalline fibers of electrolytic silver used as a catalyst for gas phase oxidation of ethylene glycol to glyoxal was developed with the aid of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.     

Role of the Surface Acid–Base Properties of Silver Catalysts in the Partial Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol

The acid–base properties of a bulk silver catalyst and silver catalysts supported on various carriers for the partial oxidation of ethylene glycol were studied. A relationship between the catalytic activity and the concentration of surface acid sites in the catalysts was found. A mechanism was proposed for the participation of Lewis acid sites in the reaction of partial ethylene glycol oxidation to glyoxal.     

Comparative study of the bond energy of oxygen at the surface of supported silver catalysts and of the activity of these catalysis for ethylene epoxidation

A heat-flow microcalorimeter equipped with a pulsed flow reactor has been used to study the reaction of oxygen, at 473 K, with a series of silica-supported silver catalysts. Combustion of impurities with the production of carbon dioxide and water was detected and allowed to correct the calorimetric data. At 473 K, adsorption of oxygen at the surface of silver is a fast process; incorporation of oxygen into deeper metal layers, though present, is a slow process. The differential heats of interaction decrease with increasing amounts of consumed oxygen but always exceed the heat of formation of bulk silver oxides. The average heat of formation of an oxygen monolayer varies from sample to sample and is correlated with the intrinsic activity of the catalysts for ethylene oxidation: surface oxygen species are apparently more catalytically active when they are less energetically bonded at the silver surface.     

Features of the formation of silver nanoparticles on the silicon nitride surface

Special features of the formation of particles of a silver-containing catalyst phase on a silicon nitride surface in relation to the mode of the active component deposition were studied. The influence of a redox medium of the catalytic reaction of the ethylene glycol selective oxidation to glyoxal on the final composition and structure of silver catalysts was studied.     

Effect of iodine-containing promoter on the catalytic activity of silver in the course of ethylene glycol oxidation

Surface morphology and catalytic properties of electrolytic silver crystals in partial oxidation of ethylene glycol into glyoxal were studied.     

Mechanism and kinetics of hydrogen oxidation on silver

The kinetic study of the stationary oxidation of hydrogen on silver was carried out. The dependences of the reaction rate on the ratios of hydrogen and oxygen in the reaction mixture under a constant total pressure of 1000 Pa were obtained at 423, 448, and 473 K. The reaction seems to proceed via the intermediate formation of surface hydroxyls. A kinetic equation of the reaction that satisfactorily described the experimental data was derived.