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2022 | Book

One-Dimensional Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials

Basics and Applications

Authors: Prof. Dr. Huilin Hou, Dr. Linli Xu, Prof. Dr. Weiyou Yang, Prof. Dr. Wai-Yeung Wong

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Book Series : Springer Series in Materials Science

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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive look at one-dimensional (1D) mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials. Beginning with a systematic presentation of their characterization using advanced electron microscopy techniques, the book discusses how to design the growth of 1D nanomaterials in order to achieve different, application-targeted morphologies such as nanowires, nanorods, nanofibers, nanotubes, and nanobelts. Subsequently, the book systematically summarizes current state-of-the-art research activities, encompassing energy conversion and storage, catalysis, sensing, and adsorption. The book concludes with a forward-looking summary of the different prospects of these materials for novel energy applications, as well as the challenges faced regarding their mass production, cost-effective synthesis strategies, and a deep understanding of the physics involved in the microstructure-dependent performance. Featuring broad and up-to-date coverage of this rapidly growing field, this book is useful for researchers working at the intersections of materials science, chemistry, and advanced energy devices.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Introduction

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. One-Dimensional Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials, What Are They?
Abstract
The one-dimensional (1D) mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials are associated with the advantages of 1D configuration along with the mesoporous nanostructure simultaneously, including the huge pore volume, great surface area, framework stability and tunable pore size.
Huilin Hou, Linli Xu, Weiyou Yang, Wai-Yeung Wong
Chapter 2. Characterization of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials
Abstract
The characterizations of 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures are critical for correlating their structure and chemical/physical performance. In terms of 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures, they are often investigated based on a variety of characterization techniques, mainly including electron microscopy, X-ray scattering, surface properties, Raman spectrum, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and so on. In this chapter, we mainly focus on the representative characterization methods of the 1D as well as the mesoporous structure, with respect to the fact that the other characterizations are overlapped with those used in other materials.
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Synthesis

Frontmatter
Chapter 3. Preparation of Mesoporous Inorganic Nanowires, Nanorods, Nanofibers and Nanobelts
Abstract
The 1D nanomaterials, which may exist as wires, fibers, belts, tubes or rods, arouse wide attention because they are significant in fundamental scientific research and may potentially be applied in the field of nanotechnology (Li and Xia in Nano Lett 4:933–938, 2004; Tian et al. in Nature 449:885–889, 2007; Zheng et al. in Science 333:206–209, 2011).
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Chapter 4. Fabrication of Mesoporous Inorganic Nanotubes
Abstract
Great attention is paid to the tubular inorganic nanostructures because they have large contact area, great surface-to-volume ratio, rapid substance diffusion, along with favorable strain accommodation within the loose and open structure.
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Chapter 5. Synthesis of More Representative 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials
Abstract
Apart from the conventional nanostructures mentioned in the previous chapters, the 1D mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials are designed with certain special constructions for multifarious functional applications, such as core–shell, ordered mesoporous, hierarchically mesoporous structures and so on. This chapter is dedicated to the methods and techniques which have been used to afford the synthesis of these special 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures.
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Applications

Frontmatter
Chapter 6. 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials Applied in Rechargeable Batteries
Abstract
A rechargeable battery, a kind of electrochemical appliance, is able to convert the chemical energy to electrical energy. It should be noted that the electrode and electrolyte materials play a determinant role in the rechargeable battery characteristics.
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Chapter 7. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials in Supercapacitors
Abstract
Electrochemical capacitors and supercapacitors represent the typical energy storage devices possessing rapid charge/discharge kinetics and a high power density (Zhu et al. in Science 332:1537–1541, 2011; Lang et al. in Nat Nanotechnol 6:232–236, 2011; Simon et al. in Science 343:1210–1211, 2014; Sheberla et al. in Nat Mater 16:220–224, 2017). In general, supercapacitors can be classified as the electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) or pseudocapacitors according to the energy storage and conversion mechanisms.
Huilin Hou, Linli Xu, Weiyou Yang, Wai-Yeung Wong
Chapter 8. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials in Photocatalysis
Abstract
Fujishima and Honda first adopted the photoelectrochemical water splitting approach to prepare the TiO2 electrode (Fujishima and Honda in Nature 238:5358–5539, 1972). Since then, semiconductor photocatalysis has been recognized as a favorable method to manage the problem of energy and environmental crisis (Mills and Hunte in J Photochem Photobiol A 108:1–35, 1997; Fujishima et al. in J Photochem Photobiol C 1:1–21, 2000; Robert and Malato in Sci Total Environ 291:85–97, 2002; Wang et al. in Energy Environ Sci 7:2831–2867, 2014). When irradiation under light with energy ≥ its band gap, electrons in the semiconductor are excited from valence band (VB) to conduction band (CB), as a result, holes are left in VB (Chen et al. in Chem Rev 110:6503–6570, 2010).
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Chapter 9. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanostructures in Solar Cells
Abstract
It is a good way to manage the severe energy crisis by fabricating solar cells that have great power conversion efficiency (Law et al. in Nat Mater 4:455–459, 2005; Zhang et al. in Adv Mater 21:4087–4108, 2009; Hagfeldt et al. in Chem Rev 110:6595–6663, 2010; Nie et al. in Science 347:522–525, 2015).
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Chapter 10. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials as Sensors
Abstract
At present, it is a hot topic to develop chemical sensors that have wide application potential (Kong et al. in Science 287:622–625, 2000;Kreno et al. in Chem Rev 112:1105–1125, 2012;). For enhancing the sensing properties, the nanostructures-based sensor devices are extensively studied since they have greater surface areas than the traditional bulks (Robinson et al. in Nano Lett 6:1747–1751, 2006;Huang and Choi in Sens Actuators B 122:659–671, 2007;Yavari and Koratkar in J Phys Chem Lett 3:1746–1753, 2012;).
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Chapter 11. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials in Electrocatalysis
Abstract
The 1D mesoporous nanomaterials possess distinct characteristics, including the low density, great surface area, and decreased charge and mass diffusion length; as a result, they outperform the solid NPs in terms of electrocatalysis. At present, the 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures have been extensively utilized in numerous electrocatalysis fields, like HER, OER and ORR.
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Chapter 12. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials as Adsorbents
Abstract
Water pollution has become a severe global issue over the last few decades (Schwarzenbach et al. in Annu Rev Env Resour 35:109–136, 2010;Azizullah et al. in Environ Int 37:479–497, 2011;Wang and Yang in Environ Pollut 218:358–365, 2016;). Adsorption is the easy, viable and economical wastewater processing strategy (Malik in J Hazard Mater 113:81–88, 2004; Ali and Gupta in Nat Protocols 1:2661–2667, 2007; Karnitz et al. in Bioresour Technol 98:1291–1297, 2007; Hokkanen et al. in Water Res 91:156–173, 2016). Generally speaking, the adsorption efficiency for removing organic pollutants, heavy metals and anions is tightly related to the surface area.
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Chapter 13. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanostructures in Carbon Oxides Pollution Prevention
Abstract
Carbon oxides pollution includes atmospheric pollution by carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Complete oxidation of CO and conversion of CO2 to fuel catalyzed by the catalyst are identified as the effective strategies for carbon oxides pollution prevention. Catalysts with high selectivity are suggested to contribute to reducing energy expenditure necessary to separate the products and dispose the wastes in the chemical industry (Zabeti et al. in Fuel Process Technol 90:770–777, 2009; Chouhan and Sarma in Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev 15:4378–4399, 2011; Atadashi et al. in J Ind Eng Chem 19:14–26, 2013; Qiao et al. in Chem Soc Rev 43:631–675, 2014).
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Chapter 14. Applications of 1D Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials in Other Potential Areas
Abstract
In the previous chapters, we have systematically highlighted the significant applications for 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures. However, it is not confined to those applications as the development of modern science and technology. 1D mesoporous inorganic nanostructures have also gradually dedicated to other domains due to their unique characteristics. This chapter is dedicated to provide some examples to introduce other potential applications by using 1D mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials.
Huilin Hou, Linli Xu, Weiyou Yang, Wai-Yeung Wong
Chapter 15. Prospects and Challenges
Abstract
To sum up, this book presents the research results of most 1D mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials and highlights the current trends in their synthetic routes and potential applications in a variety of fields. Hopefully, this review can shed more lights on the reasonably designed fabrication for 1D mesoporous inorganic nanomaterials, thus arousing more attention in these distinct applications.
Huilin Hou, Linli Xu, Weiyou Yang, Wai-Yeung Wong
Metadata
Title
One-Dimensional Mesoporous Inorganic Nanomaterials
Authors
Prof. Dr. Huilin Hou
Dr. Linli Xu
Prof. Dr. Weiyou Yang
Prof. Dr. Wai-Yeung Wong
Copyright Year
2022
Electronic ISBN
978-3-030-89105-3
Print ISBN
978-3-030-89104-6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89105-3