Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
The investigation of surface Pt/alumina, Pt/ carbon (Sibunit) and Pt/SiO2 species prepared by anchoring of Pt carbonyl clusters of various nuclearity as precursors for high dispersive and thermostable platinum supported catalysts for hydrocarbons conversion, using RDF (radial distribution functions) and chemisorption methods, has shown strong metal-support interaction with formation of Pt/alumina phase with highly dispersed (practically monoatomic) and homogeneously distributed Pt atoms onto alumina surface. The catalytic properties were studied in methane oxidation and cyclohexane dehydrogenation reactions.