Regulating the spatial distribution of metal nanoparticles within metal-organic frameworks to enhance catalytic efficiency

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yang, Qiu ^a   Liu, Wenxian ^a   Wang, Bingqing ^a   Zhang, Weina ^b   Zeng, Xiaoqiao ^c   Zhang, Cong ^a   Qin, Yongji ^a   Sun, Xiaoming ^a   Wu, Tianpin ^c   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Huo, Fengwei ^b   Lu, Jun ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METAL OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST SUPPORT; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL; NANOENCAPSULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 85012923874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14429     Document Type: Article

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