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CHAPTER 2<br />

Scheme 2‐19: Simplified leaching process of oxidized copper particles.<br />

Also ionic silver has been observed to be prone to strong leaching and catalyst deactivation<br />

[79]. On the contrary, catalysts with reduced silver were highly reusable in some cases [86, 87, 144].<br />

For other catalysts with metallic silver, γ‐O species appear to be connected to the catalytic activity<br />

[69]. (Partial) Reactivation of the catalysts could be achieved via calcination in air (known to generate<br />

these species) which may indicate that removal of γ‐O is a deactivation pathway for silver [67, 71]. Of<br />

course, calcination affects the catalyst in many ways and therefore a straightforward connection to γ‐<br />

O is not given. Strongly adsorbed species may also be removed. Additionally, some silver catalysts<br />

were highly active without a γ‐O forming treatment. Benzaldehyde and water were shown to<br />

deactivate silver catalysts during aerobic alcohol oxidation [71] though in other cases water was also<br />

successfully used as a solvent [107]. Little is known about other adsorbing species; typical adsorbates<br />

causing deactivation on Au catalysts are (bi)carbonates and formates [251‐253] (observed during CO<br />

oxidation) and especially sulfur containing compounds in liquid phase oxidations [254, 255]. With<br />

respect to the widely discussed use of pressurized CO2 as “green” solvent, the strong adsorption of<br />

carbonates on silver surfaces obtained from reaction of CO2 with an oxygen pre‐covered metallic<br />

silver surface [256] might hamper future applications in this field. The carbonates require a<br />

temperature of ca. 200 °C to decompose. Sintering is usually not considered in liquid phase reactions<br />

due to the low reaction temperatures. Given the low melting point of small silver nanoparticles [78],<br />

this might however also be a potential deactivation pathway. In general, however, good reusabilites<br />

are often reported so that a strongly deactivating catalyst will rather be replaced by a more robust<br />

material than improved for a higher stability. Also for this reason studies concerning deactivation<br />

mechanisms are rare.<br />

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This overview concentrated on summarizing the catalytic activities obtained with coinage metal<br />

catalysts. In many cases the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood and there is a need for<br />

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