Supported catalyst and method for preparing the same
US7691773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides and a highly-dispersed supported catalyst that has a reduced average particle size of catalytic metal particles and is also supported by a porous support material. A method of preparing a supported catalyst that can reduce the average particle size of catalytic metal particles supported by a support material includes first mixing a charged support material with a solution containing a polymer electrolyte having a charge opposite to that of the support material to adsorb the polymer electrolyte on the support material. Next, the support material having the polymer electrolyte adsorbed thereon is mixed with a solution containing a catalytic metal precursor ion having a charge opposite to that of the polymer electrolyte to adsorb the catalytic metal precursor ion on the support material having the polymer electrolyte adsorbed on it. Finally, the catalytic metal precursor ion adsorbed on the support material having the polymer electrolyte adsorbed thereon is reduced to a catalytic metal in a reducing solution.
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