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The oxidation of CO in acidic media is very important. For example, in direct methanol fuel cell, CO tends to poison the Pt electrode and cause a reduction of cell output power. CO can be removed by oxidation under the catalysis of Au nanoclusters with an optimal size of 2 nm. However, such small Au clusters tend to be corroded in the acidic media. Here we developed a facile method to solve this problem via hydrophobic carbon coating. The Au@C composite was prepared by reverse microemulsion-hydrothermal method. The hydrophobic carbon can effectively avoid the corrosion of gold nanoclusters by an acid environment while catalyzing CO oxidation efficiently.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. DUT20JC31).
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Facile construction of acid-resistant Au nanoclusters via hydrophobic carbon coating for catalyzing CO oxidation in acidic media
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Wang, H., Liu, H. & Wang, J. Facile construction of acid-resistant Au nanoclusters via hydrophobic carbon coating for catalyzing CO oxidation in acidic media. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 833–837 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1059-6
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