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Preparation and Surface Activity of Single‐Crystalline NiO(111) Nanosheets with Hexagonal Holes: A Semiconductor Nanospanner
Author(s) -
Hu J.,
Zhu K.,
Chen L.,
Yang H.,
Li Z.,
Suchopar A.,
Richards R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200701389
Subject(s) - non blocking i/o , materials science , hexagonal crystal system , semiconductor , nanometre , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , crystallography , optoelectronics , composite material , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Semiconductor single crystalline NiO nanosheets with well‐defined hexagonal holes having the appearance of a nanometer‐scale spanner are prepared via an efficient wet chemical route. The main surfaces of the NiO nanosheets are (111) facets and the sizes of both the sheets and the holes can be controlled. The NiO(111) nanosheets with hexagonal holes showed unusual activity for low temperature methanol decomposition.