Constructing Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Bouquet-Posy-like TiO2 Superstructures with Radially Oriented Mesochannels and Single-Crystal Walls
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Lan, Kun
Li, Shushuang
Liu, Yongmei
Kong, Biao
Wang, Geng
Zhang, Pengfei
Wang, Ruicong
He, Haili
Ling, Yun
Al-Enizi, Abdullah M
Elzatahry, Ahmed A
Cao, Yong
Chen, Gang
Zhao, Dongyuan
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Constructing three-dimensional (3-D) hierarchical mesostructures with unique morphology, pore orientation, single-crystal nature, and functionality remains a great challenge in materials science. Here, we report a confined microemulsion self-assembly approach to synthesize an unprecedented type of 3-D highly ordered mesoporous TiO2 superstructure (Level-1), which consists of 1 spherical core and 12 symmetric satellite hemispheres epitaxially growing out of the core vertices. A more complex and asymmetric TiO2 superstructure (Level-2) with 13 spherical cores and up to 44 symmetric satellite hemispheres can also be well manipulated by increasing the size or content of impregnated TiO2 precursor emulsion droplets. The obtained 3-D mesoporous TiO2 superstructures have well-defined bouquet-posy-like topologies, oriented hexagonal mesochannels, high accessible surface area (134-148 m2/g), large pore volume (0.48-0.51 cm3/g), and well single-crystalline anatase walls with dominant (001) active facets. More interestingly, all cylindrical mesopore channels are highly interconnected and radially distributed within the whole superstructures, and all TiO2 nanocrystal building blocks are oriented grown into a single-crystal anatase wall, making them ideal candidates for various applications ranging from catalysis to optoelectronics. As expected, the bouquet-posy-like mesoporous TiO2 superstructure supported catalysts show excellent catalytic activity (≥99.7%) and selectivity (≥96%) in cis-semihydrogenation of various alkynes, exceeding that of commercial TiO2 (P25) supported catalyst by a factor of 10. No decay in the activity was observed for 25 cycles, revealing a high stability of the mesoporous TiO2 superstructure supported catalyst.
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
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139
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Chemical sciences
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
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Nanowire Arrays
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Liu, Y; Lan, K; Li, S; Liu, Y; Kong, B; Wang, G; Zhang, P; Wang, R; He, H; Ling, Y; Al-Enizi, AM; Elzatahry, AA; Cao, Y; Chen, G; Zhao, D, Constructing Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Bouquet-Posy-like TiO2 Superstructures with Radially Oriented Mesochannels and Single-Crystal Walls, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139 (1), pp. 517-526