Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis and Structure Characterization of Nanosized Au Clusters on Titania-Modified Mesoporous MCM-41

ZHENG Shan; GAO Lian; GUO Jing-Kun   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2001-03-16 Revised:2001-04-09 Published:2002-03-20 Online:2002-03-20

Abstract: Titania modified mesoporous slilcate MCM-41 (MCM-TiO2) was synthesized by precursor tetrabutyltitanate
and calcined MCM-41. Au clusters deposited on the inner surface of titania-modified MCM-41 by the photodeposition method through AuCl-4 and
MCM-TiO2 reaction. The structure and optical properties of the as-synthesized samples were investigated by XRD, XPS, N2 adsorption/
desorption isotherms and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy. The decrease of BET surface areas and the pore volume proved that nanosized
Au clusters deposited in the mesopore of MCM-TiO2. The Au 4f of XPS and the plasmon absorption in UV-Vis spectrum showed that the deposited Au was
in metal state.

Key words: Au clusters: titania-modified MCM-41, Au deposited titania-modified MCM-41

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