The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts

Yuan Wang; Hamidreza Arandiyan; Hassan A. Tahini; Jason Scott; Xin Tan; Hongxing Dai; Julian D. Gale; Andrew L. Rohl; Sean C. Smith; Rose Amal

doi:10.1038/ncomms15553

Nature Communications (May 2017)

The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts

Yuan Wang,
Hamidreza Arandiyan,
Hassan A. Tahini,
Jason Scott,
Xin Tan,
Hongxing Dai,
Julian D. Gale,
Andrew L. Rohl,
Sean C. Smith,
Rose Amal

Affiliations

Yuan Wang: Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Hamidreza Arandiyan: Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Hassan A. Tahini: Integrated Materials Design Centre (IMDC), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Jason Scott: Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Xin Tan: Integrated Materials Design Centre (IMDC), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Hongxing Dai: Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, and Laboratory of Catalysis Chemistry and Nanoscience, Beijing University of Technology
Julian D. Gale: Department of Chemistry, Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University
Andrew L. Rohl: Department of Chemistry, Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University
Sean C. Smith: Integrated Materials Design Centre (IMDC), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Rose Amal: Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15553
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Disassembly of three-dimensionally ordered materials generates nanoparticles with new structural and physicochemical properties. Here the authors show a fragmentation strategy applied to a perovskite material leading to nanostructures with improved catalytic activity in the methane combustion.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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