Research Article

Acid-Alkali-Treated Natural Mordenite-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles (Pt/MORn-H-OH) for Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Formaldehyde at Room Temperature

Table 1

XPS results of the series of 1.0% Pt/MORn catalysts.

CatalystsPt speciesPeak area (BE)a (Pt 4f7/2)Sum of peak area (Pt 4f7/2)

1.0%Pt037.0 (71.2)93.2
Pt/MORnPt2+56.2 (71.7)

1.0%Pt097.0 (70.9)161.5
Pt/MORn-HPt2+64.5 (71.8)

1.0%Pt087.4 (71.0)138.0
Pt/MORn-OHPt2+50.6 (71.7)

1.0%Pt0131.0 (71.1)223.6
Pt/MORn-H-OHPt2+92.0 (71.9)

aPeak area was estimated from XPS measurements, and the relative binding energy (eV) is shown in parenthesis.