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

© The Author(s) 2017. Versatile superstructures composed of nanoparticles have recently been prepared using various disassembly methods. However, little information is known on how the structural disassembly influences the catalytic performance of the materials. Here we show how the disassembly of a...

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Main Authors: Wang, Y., Arandiyan, H., Tahini, H., Scott, J., Tan, X., Dai, H., Gale, Julian, Rohl, Andrew, Smith, S., Amal, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Macmillan Publishers Limited 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62888
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author Wang, Y.
Arandiyan, H.
Tahini, H.
Scott, J.
Tan, X.
Dai, H.
Gale, Julian
Rohl, Andrew
Smith, S.
Amal, R.
author_facet Wang, Y.
Arandiyan, H.
Tahini, H.
Scott, J.
Tan, X.
Dai, H.
Gale, Julian
Rohl, Andrew
Smith, S.
Amal, R.
author_sort Wang, Y.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © The Author(s) 2017. Versatile superstructures composed of nanoparticles have recently been prepared using various disassembly methods. However, little information is known on how the structural disassembly influences the catalytic performance of the materials. Here we show how the disassembly of an ordered porous La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 perovskite array, to give hexapod mesostructured nanoparticles, exposes a new crystal facet which is more active for catalytic methane combustion. On fragmenting three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) structures in a controlled manner, via a process that has been likened to retrosynthesis, hexapod-shaped building blocks can be harvested which possess a mesostructured architecture. The hexapod-shaped perovskite catalyst exhibits excellent low temperature methane oxidation activity (T90%=438 °C; reaction rate=4.84 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1). First principle calculations suggest the fractures, which occur at weak joints within the 3DOM architecture, afford a large area of (001) surface that displays a reduced energy barrier for hydrogen abstraction, thereby facilitating methane oxidation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-628882018-05-09T05:37:22Z The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts Wang, Y. Arandiyan, H. Tahini, H. Scott, J. Tan, X. Dai, H. Gale, Julian Rohl, Andrew Smith, S. Amal, R. © The Author(s) 2017. Versatile superstructures composed of nanoparticles have recently been prepared using various disassembly methods. However, little information is known on how the structural disassembly influences the catalytic performance of the materials. Here we show how the disassembly of an ordered porous La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 perovskite array, to give hexapod mesostructured nanoparticles, exposes a new crystal facet which is more active for catalytic methane combustion. On fragmenting three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) structures in a controlled manner, via a process that has been likened to retrosynthesis, hexapod-shaped building blocks can be harvested which possess a mesostructured architecture. The hexapod-shaped perovskite catalyst exhibits excellent low temperature methane oxidation activity (T90%=438 °C; reaction rate=4.84 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1). First principle calculations suggest the fractures, which occur at weak joints within the 3DOM architecture, afford a large area of (001) surface that displays a reduced energy barrier for hydrogen abstraction, thereby facilitating methane oxidation. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62888 10.1038/ncomms15553 Macmillan Publishers Limited fulltext
spellingShingle Wang, Y.
Arandiyan, H.
Tahini, H.
Scott, J.
Tan, X.
Dai, H.
Gale, Julian
Rohl, Andrew
Smith, S.
Amal, R.
The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title_full The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title_fullStr The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title_full_unstemmed The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title_short The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
title_sort controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62888