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Recent advances in nanoflowers: compositional and structural diversification for potential applications.
Su Jung Lee1, Hongje Jang2, Do Nam Lee1
1Ingenium College of Liberal Arts (Chemistry), Kwangwoon University Seoul 01897 Korea donamlee@hanmail.net.
Nanoscale Advances
|September 28, 2023
Summary
This review highlights inorganic nanoflowers, 3D nanostructures with high surface area. It explores their synthesis and applications in catalysis, sensors, and energy storage devices.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Background:
- Nanomaterials characterization and manipulation have advanced significantly.
- Flower-shaped hierarchical 3D nanostructures, or nanoflowers, offer superior surface-to-volume ratios.
- Inorganic nanoflowers are particularly promising for catalysis, sensing, and energy storage.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive review of inorganic nanoflowers.
- To categorize inorganic nanoflowers based on composition and structure.
- To discuss preparation, control, mechanisms, characteristics, and applications of inorganic nanoflowers.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of over 350 published papers since the early 2000s.
- Categorization of inorganic nanoflowers into metal, metal oxide, alloy, and other types.
- Analysis of preparation methods, morphology control, and application mechanisms.
Main Results:
- Inorganic nanoflowers exhibit high catalytic efficiency and unique optical properties.
- Diverse applications include electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, chemical sensing, supercapacitors, and batteries.
- Categorization includes metal, metal oxide, alloy, silica, metal-metal oxide, core-shell, doped, coated, nitride, sulfide, phosphide, selenide, and telluride nanoflowers.
Conclusions:
- Inorganic nanoflowers are versatile nanomaterials with significant potential.
- Further research can enhance their synergistic applications in various fields.
- This review serves as a foundational resource for future research and development.
