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Self-assembly of Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application

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The formation of Ag clusters on titanium oxide (TiO2) nanoparticles was achieved by selfassembly process and calcination. The obtained nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), and conventional techniques (XRD, TEM and UV-Vis) were used to identify Ag particles on the TiO2 surfaces. The results show that Ag-TiO2 particles can be applied to improve catalytic activity of the epoxidation of styrene oxides. Styrene oxide is the main product of catalytic reaction with H2O2 as the oxidant by using Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles as catalysts. High catalytic activitity of styrene oxide can be obtainable at 80 °C. The reaction temperature, reaction time, the molar ratio of H2O2/styrene and solvent affect greatly the catalytic epoxidation of styrene.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Xin Wang  (王新) & Xiaoheng Liu  (刘孝恒)

  2. Chemistry and Materials Department of Chaohu College, Chaohu, 238000, China

    Xin Wang  (王新) & Xinyun Wang

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Funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK2011024) and and the Scientific Research Project of Chaohu College(No. XLZ-200902)

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Wang, X., Liu, X. & Wang, X. Self-assembly of Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 27, 847–851 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-012-0560-x

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