The microemulsion preparation and high catalytic performance of mesoporous NiO nanorods and nanocubes for toluene combustion

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• 作者：Guangmei Bai ; Hongxing Dai ; ^{hxdai@bjut.edu.cn} ; Jiguang Deng ; Yuxi Liu ; Wenge Qiu ; Zhenxuan Zhao ; Xinwei Li ; Huanggen Yang
• 关键词：Microemulsion preparation ; Nickel oxide ; Nanorod ; Nanocube ; Toluene combustion
• 刊名：Chemical Engineering Journal
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 March, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：219
• 期：Complete
• 页码：200-208
• 全文大小：1608 K

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Cubically crystallized mesoporous nickel oxide nanorods and nanocubes were fabricated by using a facile microemulsion strategy with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as surfactant. Physicochemical properties of the materials were characterized by means of a number of analytical techniques, and their catalytic activities were evaluated for the combustion of toluene. It was shown that the morphology of the samples strongly depended on the nature of surfactant: when CTAB was used, the product was mesoporous NiO nanorods; when SDS was adopted, mesoporous NiO nanocubes were obtained. The NiO-CTAB-2 sample derived with a Ni²⁺/CTAB molar ratio of 0.364 displayed the highest surface area (ca. 46 m²/g) and the best low-temperature reducibility. A clear correlation of oxygen adspecies concentration or low-temperature reducibility with catalytic performance was observed. The high catalytic activity (T_{50 %}  = 256 ¡ãC and T_{90 %}  = 278 ¡ãC at SV = 20,000 mL/(g h)) for toluene combustion of NiO-CTAB-2 was related to its larger surface area, higher oxygen adspecies concentration, and better low-temperature reducibility.