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Engineering the Formation of Secondary Building Blocks within Hollow Interiors

  1. Xiaobo Li,
  2. Xiao Liu,
  3. Yi Ma,
  4. Mingrun Li,
  5. Jiao Zhao,
  6. Hongchuan Xin,
  7. Lei Zhang,
  8. Yan Yang,
  9. Can Li,
  10. Qihua Yang*

Article first published online: 17 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104167

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 11, pages 1424–1428, March 15, 2012

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How to Cite

Li, X., Liu, X., Ma, Y., Li, M., Zhao, J., Xin, H., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., Li, C. and Yang, Q. (2012), Engineering the Formation of Secondary Building Blocks within Hollow Interiors. Adv. Mater., 24: 1424–1428. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104167

Author Information

  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

*State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 17 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 17 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 29 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • hierarchical structures;
  • hollow particles;
  • hydrogen production;
  • nanostructures;
  • surfactants
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Secondary building blocks within the cavities of primary silica-architecture building blocks are successfully engineered. The immobilized surfactant directs the selective dissolution and reassembly of dissolved silicate species for the formation of secondary building blocks (hollow nanospheres/nanorods; see figure). Supported TiO2 on nanostructures with multilevel interiors is shown to exhibit significantly enhanced activity in photocatalytic H2 production.

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