Research progress on porous transition metalcompounds- based nanomaterials
DUAN Si- bin1,CHENG Ming2,WANG Rong- ming1
1. School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China 2. SMIC Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Beijing Co. Ltd., Beijing 100176, China
Abstract：With excellent physicochemical performances, the porous transition metal compounds- based nanomaterials, not only retain the original advantages of nano- components, but also avoid the serious aggregation problems. The topics are focused on the research progress in the field of porous transition metal compounds- based nanomaterials around the world. Controlled synthesis methods to obtain porous transition metal compounds with various architectures are summarized in the review, including solvothermal, template and metal- organic frameworks derived methods. Finally, the challenges faced in this field are summarized and expectations are given for the future development.
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