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Published on: February 12, 2019
Morphosynthesis of cubic silver cages on monolithic activated carbon
Fei Wang1, Hong Zhao, Yijian Lai
1State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, SJTU-WINTOP Joint Research Centre of Environmental-Energy Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P.R. China. byzhao@sjtu.edu.cn ysning@sjtu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Cubic silver cages were prepared on monolithic activated carbon (MAC) pre-absorbed with Cl(-), SO4(2-), or PO4(3-) anions. Silver insoluble salts served as templates for the morphosynthesis of silver cages. The silver ions were reduced by reductive functional groups on MAC micropores through a galvanic cell reaction mechanism.
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