“…However, the original breakthrough in the catalysis by gold should be linked with Haruta (1987), who demonstrated that gold can be an excellent catalyst when supported on metal oxides in a dispersed state [4]. The recent progress in heterogeneous catalysis resulted in remarkable investigations that showed the high activity of gold nanoparticles in the conversion of alcohols to synthetic hydrocarbons [5,6], selective oxidation of propene [7,8], synthesis of hydrogen peroxide [9,10], water gas shift reaction [11,12], hydrogenation of alkenes [13,14], isomerization [15,16], and hydrodechlorination [17,18]. The desired Cu, Ce, and Au contents in the catalysts were 0.32, 0.71, and 1 wt.…”