Mesoporous Co-B amorphous alloy films with enhanced catalytic efficiency prepared from a mixed-surfactant solution

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3300-3307

  Li, Hui ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Yang, Haixia ^a   Li, Hexing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; BOROHYDRIDES; CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOLS; CO-B AMORPHOUS ALLOY; COBALT ION; DIRECT REDUCTION; FILM STRUCTURE; LIQUID PHASE; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; REACTANT MOLECULES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SURFACE CURVATURES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDES; AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; COBALT; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FILM PREPARATION; METALLIC FILMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 70450145507     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0407     Document Type: Article

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