Functional nanostructured oxides are important inorganic materials for various energy-and environmentrelated applications,such as photocatalysis and lithium ion batteries.To optimize their properties/functions,synthet...Functional nanostructured oxides are important inorganic materials for various energy-and environmentrelated applications,such as photocatalysis and lithium ion batteries.To optimize their properties/functions,synthetic methods that can lead to nanomaterials with unique composition,morphology and size are highly desirable.In this review,we summarize recent research efforts towards the construction of nanostructured solid-state metal alkoxides-a family of inorganic-organic hybrid compounds and their conversion into functional inorganic nanomaterials.The chemical transformation from metal alkoxides to nanostructured oxides represents a novel precursor-directed synthetic route to functional inorganic nanomaterials.The uniqueness of this method mainly lies in:(i)the crystal/molecular structure of metal alkoxides which plays a crucial role in their nanosized structures;(ii)the use of metal alkoxides as precursor materials which determines the composition and(micro)structure of the finally-obtained oxide nanomaterials;and(iii)that this method can be employed to synthesize nanomaterials that cannot be readily achieved using other approaches.展开更多
基金supported by the NSFC(21371070,21401066)the National Basic Research Program of China(2013CB632403)+1 种基金Jilin province science and technology development projects(20140101041JC,20130204001GX)Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University(2014052).
文摘Functional nanostructured oxides are important inorganic materials for various energy-and environmentrelated applications,such as photocatalysis and lithium ion batteries.To optimize their properties/functions,synthetic methods that can lead to nanomaterials with unique composition,morphology and size are highly desirable.In this review,we summarize recent research efforts towards the construction of nanostructured solid-state metal alkoxides-a family of inorganic-organic hybrid compounds and their conversion into functional inorganic nanomaterials.The chemical transformation from metal alkoxides to nanostructured oxides represents a novel precursor-directed synthetic route to functional inorganic nanomaterials.The uniqueness of this method mainly lies in:(i)the crystal/molecular structure of metal alkoxides which plays a crucial role in their nanosized structures;(ii)the use of metal alkoxides as precursor materials which determines the composition and(micro)structure of the finally-obtained oxide nanomaterials;and(iii)that this method can be employed to synthesize nanomaterials that cannot be readily achieved using other approaches.
