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Nano Research 2024, 17(4): 3175-3179 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6089-9
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Incorporating metal nanoparticles in porous materials via selective heating effect using microwave

Show Author's Information Yingyu Zhou,  Jiacheng Liu,  Fuyuan Sun,  Junchen Ouyang,  Ruifa Su,  Fanchen Meng,  Yongqi Luo,  Cheng Xu,  Weina Zhang,  Suoying Zhang( ),  Fengwei Huo( )
Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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porous material, microwave synthesis, selective catalysis, nanoparticle encapsulation, selective heating effect
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NanocompositesNanoparticlesPorous materialsSelective catalytic reduction
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Zhou Y, Liu J, Sun F, et al. Incorporating metal nanoparticles in porous materials via selective heating effect using microwave. Nano Research, 2024, 17(4): 3175-3179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6089-9
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Metal nanoparticle@porous material composites have attracted increasing attention due to their excellent synergistic catalytic performance. However, it is a challenge to introduce metal nanoparticles into cavities of porous materials without agglomeration on the exterior. Despite the progress achieved, a universal approach that can integrate different kinds of metal nanoparticles and porous materials is still highly desirable. Here we report a facile and general approach to fabricating metal nanoparticle@porous materials by microwave-triggered selective heating. The microwave can pass through the non-polar solvent and act on the polar solvent in the porous materials, causing the polar solvent to be heated, vaporized, and away from the pores of porous materials. The local void produced by the escape of polar solvent facilitates non-polar solvent containing metallic precursor to be dragged into the narrow pores, followed by further reduction, resulting in the complete encapsulation of nanoparticles. A series of metal nanoparticles@porous materials, ranging from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to zeolites, are successfully prepared by this method and show excellent size selectivity in catalytic reactions.


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Incorporating metal nanoparticles in porous materials via selective heating effect using microwave

Show Author's information Yingyu Zhou, Jiacheng Liu, Fuyuan Sun, Junchen Ouyang, Ruifa Su, Fanchen Meng, Yongqi Luo, Cheng Xu, Weina Zhang, Suoying Zhang( ), Fengwei Huo( )
Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China

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Metal nanoparticle@porous material composites have attracted increasing attention due to their excellent synergistic catalytic performance. However, it is a challenge to introduce metal nanoparticles into cavities of porous materials without agglomeration on the exterior. Despite the progress achieved, a universal approach that can integrate different kinds of metal nanoparticles and porous materials is still highly desirable. Here we report a facile and general approach to fabricating metal nanoparticle@porous materials by microwave-triggered selective heating. The microwave can pass through the non-polar solvent and act on the polar solvent in the porous materials, causing the polar solvent to be heated, vaporized, and away from the pores of porous materials. The local void produced by the escape of polar solvent facilitates non-polar solvent containing metallic precursor to be dragged into the narrow pores, followed by further reduction, resulting in the complete encapsulation of nanoparticles. A series of metal nanoparticles@porous materials, ranging from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to zeolites, are successfully prepared by this method and show excellent size selectivity in catalytic reactions.

Keywords: porous material, microwave synthesis, selective catalysis, nanoparticle encapsulation, selective heating effect

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Received: 17 July 2023
Revised: 12 August 2023
Accepted: 13 August 2023
Published: 21 September 2023
Issue date: April 2024

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21908105, 21971114 and 62288102) and the Nanjing Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Project.

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