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Synthesis of High Surface Area ZnO(0001) Plates as Novel Oxide Supports for Heterogeneous Catalysts

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We demonstrate a technique to prepare high surface area ZnO powders that preferentially favor a plate-like morphology, exposing the \((0001)/(000\bar{1})\) facets. A solution-based synthetic route was used to decompose zinc acetate in the presence of amine and citrate ions to block the \((0001)/(000\bar{1})\) facets and favor growth from the pyramid planes. The ZnO platelets remained stable upon heating to 250 °C as evidenced by electron diffraction patterns. The high surface area (75 m2/g) and surface energetics of the (0001) plane make these powders suitable as supports for heterogeneous catalysts.

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This work has been supported by the United States Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Chemical Sciences under contract number DE-FG02-05ER15712 (University of New Mexico), and DE-AC0494AL85000 (Sandia National Laboratories), Division of Material Science. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energy.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Patrick D. Burton, Eric J. Peterson & Abhaya K. Datye

  2. Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, USA

    Timothy J. Boyle

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Burton, P.D., Peterson, E.J., Boyle, T.J. et al. Synthesis of High Surface Area ZnO(0001) Plates as Novel Oxide Supports for Heterogeneous Catalysts. Catal Lett 139, 26–32 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-010-0405-1

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