@article { ISI:000259412500020,
	title = {Direct H(2)-to-H(2)O(2) oxidation in aqueous acidic medium containing Br promoter over Pd/Al(2)O(3) and Pd/C catalysts thermally pretreated under different conditions},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {125},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2008},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {296-301},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	type = {Article},
	address = {233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Influence of thermal pretreatments (under N(2), air or H(2) gas atmosphere at 500 degrees C or 700 degrees C) has been investigated for the Pd/Al(2)O(3) and Pd/Carbon catalysts in terms of its effect on their Pd particle size and performance in the H(2)-to-H(2)O(2) oxidation and H(2)O(2) destruction (by decomposition and/or hydrogenation) reactions in aqueous acidic medium containing Br promoter. The influence on the net H(2)O(2) formation is found to depend strongly upon the catalyst support due to support-Pd cluster interactions. For both the catalysts, the thermal treatments (except in air) caused a large increase in their Pd particle size. The increase in Pd particle size caused an increase in the H(2)O(2) formation activity of Pd/Al(2)O(3) but a decrease in the H(2)O(2) formation activity of Pd/C.</p>},
	keywords = {Hydrogen peroxide, oxidation of H(2) to H(2)O(2), Pd/Al(2)O(3), Pd/C},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-008-9482-9},
	author = {Choudhary, Vasant R. and Jana, Prabhas and Bhargava, Suresh Kumar}
}
