Cold plasma generated by dielectric barrier discharge(DBD) at atmospheric pressure was adopted for preparation of commercial TiO2 Degussa P25 supported Au catalysts(Au/P25-P) with the assistance of the deposition-precipitation procedure.The influences of the plasma reduction time and calcination on the performance of the Au/P25-P catalysts were investigated.CO oxidation was performed to investigate the catalytic activity of the Au/P25 catalysts.The results show that DBD cold plasma for the fabrication of Au/P25-P catalysts is a fast process,and Au/P25-P(4 min) exhibited the highest CO oxidation activity due to the complete reduction of Au compounds and less consumption of oxygen vacancies.In order to form more oxygen vacancies active species,Au/P25-P was calcined to obtain Au/P25-PC catalysts.Interestingly,Au/P25-PC exhibited the highest activity for CO oxidation among the Au/P25 samples.The results of transmission electron microscopy(TEM) indicated that the smaller size and high distribution of Au nanoparticles are the mean reasons for a high performance of Au/P25-PC.Atmosphericpressure DBD cold plasma was proved to be of great efficiency in preparing high performance supported Au catalysts.
Cold plasma generated by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) at atmospheric pressure was adopted for preparation of commercial TiO2 Degussa P25 supported Au catalysts (Au/P25- P) with the assistance of the deposition-precipitation procedure. The influences of the plasma reduction time and calcination on the performance of the Au/P25-P catalysts were investigated. CO oxidation was performed to investigate the catalytic activity of the Au/P25 catalysts. The results show that DBD cold plasma for the fabrication of Au/P25-P catalysts is a fast process, and Au/P25-P (4 min) exhibited the highest CO oxidation activity due to the complete reduction of Au compounds and less consumption of oxygen vacancies. In order to form more oxygen vacancies active species, Au/P25-P was calcined to obtain Au/P25-PC catalysts. Interestingly, Au/P25- PC exhibited the highest activity for CO oxidation among the Au/P25 samples. The results of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicated that the smaller size and high distribution of Au nanoparticles are the mean reasons for a high performance of Au/P25-PC. Atmospheric- pressure DBD cold plasma was proved to be of great efficiency in preparing high performance supported Au catalysts.