Synthesis and catalysis properties of NiO flower-like spheres and nanosheets: Water-induced phase transformation of nickel hydroxides

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3091-3097

  Liang, Xin ^a   Xiao, Junjia ^a   Gou, Ye ^a   Chen, Biaohua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic; Crystalline; Water

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL OXIDE; WATER;

CATALYTIC; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DIRECT THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; FLOWER-LIKE SPHERES; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NICKEL HYDROXIDES; SOLVOTHERMAL APPROACH; TEMPERATURE-PROGRAMMED REDUCTION;

SPHERES;

EID: 84880429359     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.375     Document Type: Article

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