A Universal Lab-on-Salt-Particle Approach to 2D Single-Layer Ordered Mesoporous Materials.

Liu, Liangliang; Yang, Xuanyu; Xie, Yujie; Liu, Huan; Zhou, Xinran; Xiao, Xingyu; Ren, Yuan; Ma, Zhen et al. · Adv Mater · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The advantages of existing ordered mesoporous materials have not yet been fully realized, due to their limited accessibility of in-pore surface and long mass-diffusion length. A general, controllable, and scalable synthesis of a family of two-dimensional (2D) single-layer ordered mesoporous materials (SOMMs) with completely exposed mesopore channels, significantly improved mass diffusion, and diverse framework composition is reported here. The SOMMs are synthesized via a surface-limited cooperative assembly (SLCA) on water-removable substrates of inorganic salts (e.g., NaCl), combined with vacuum filtration. As a proof of concept, the obtained CeO<sub>2</sub> -based SOMMs show superior catalytic performance in CO oxidation with high conversion efficiency, ≈33 times higher than that of conventional bulk mesoporous CeO<sub>2</sub> . This SLCA is a promising approach for developing next-generation porous materials for various applications.