Noble metal nanoparticle@metal oxide core/yolk-shell nanostructures as catalysts: recent progress and perspective
Controllable integration of noble metals ( e.g. , Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd) and metal oxides ( e.g. , TiO 2 , CeO 2 , and ZrO 2 ) into single nanostructures has attracted immense research interest in heterogeneous catalysis, because they not only combine the properties of both noble metals and metal oxide...
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| Published in | Nanoscale Vol. 6; no. 8; pp. 3995 - 411 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
| Published |
England
01.01.2014
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| Summary: | Controllable integration of noble metals (
e.g.
, Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd) and metal oxides (
e.g.
, TiO
2
, CeO
2
, and ZrO
2
) into single nanostructures has attracted immense research interest in heterogeneous catalysis, because they not only combine the properties of both noble metals and metal oxides, but also bring unique collective and synergetic functions in comparison with single-component materials. Among many strategies recently developed, one of the most efficient ways is to encapsulate and protect individual noble metal nanoparticles by a metal oxide shell of a certain thickness to generate the core-shell or yolk-shell structure, which exhibits enhanced catalytic performance compared with conventional supported catalysts. In this review article, we summarize the state-of-the art progress in synthesis and catalytic application of noble metal nanoparticle@metal oxide core/yolk-shell nanostructures. We hope that this review will help the readers to obtain better insight into the design and application of well-defined nanocomposites in both the energy and environmental fields.
We summarize the state-of-the art progress in synthesis and catalytic applications of noble metal nanoparticle@metal oxide core/yolk-shell nanostructures. |
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| Bibliography: | Zhiyong Tang obtained his PhD degree in 1999 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After this, he went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and the University of Michigan for his postdoctoral research. In November of 2006, he joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in China and took up a full professor position. Zhiyong Tang's current research interests are focused on fabrication and application of chiral inorganic nanoparticles as well as nanoparticle superstructures. Guodong Li received his BS degree from the University of Jinan in 2004, his MS degree from the Ocean University of China in 2007, and his PhD degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2011. Then, he joined Prof. Zhiyong Tang's group in the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. His current research interests are focused on the fabrication of inorganic nanocomposites with well-defined structures as well as their application in catalysis. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2040-3364 2040-3372 2040-3372 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c3nr06787d |