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Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 May 25;51(42):8817-20. doi: 10.1039/c5cc02480c.

Ultrathin CuO nanorods: controllable synthesis and superior catalytic properties in styrene epoxidation.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Wei Jia, Yuxi Liu, Pengfei Hu, Rong Yu, Yu Wang, Lei Ma, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center for Nanomaterial Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 25920405 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02480c

Abstract

Ultrathin copper oxide (CuO) nanorods with diameters of ∼3.6 nm were obtained in one step using oleylamine (OAm) as both the solvent and the surface controller. The oriented attachment is responsible for the formation of the ultrathin CuO nanorods. Furthermore, this ultrathin nanostructure catalyst exhibited excellent activity and high styrene oxide yields in styrene epoxidation.

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