Platinum nanoclusters comprising about ten atoms each made by reducing isolated platinum cations in CeOx nests isolated on high-area silica are demonstrated. Two forms of platinum were reversibly interconverted by oxidation/reduction, remaining stably confined to the nests even under severe conditions, in H2 at 600 °C and under atmospheric pressure.
- Yizhen Chen
- Jiankang Zhao
- Bruce C. Gates