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dc.contributor.advisorBruce, Peter G.
dc.contributor.authorRen, Yu
dc.coverage.spatial116 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-21T12:00:08Z
dc.date.available2011-03-21T12:00:08Z
dc.date.issued2010-11-30
dc.identifieruk.bl.ethos.552497 
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1705
dc.description.abstractThe experimental data and results demonstrated here illustrate the preparation and application of mesoporous metal oxides in energy storage, adsorption, and catalysis. First, a new method of controlling the pore size and wall thickness of mesoporous silica was developed by controlling the calcination temperature. A series of such silica were used as hard templates to prepare the mesoporous metal oxide Co₃O₄. Using other methods, such as varying the silica template hydrothermal treatment temperature, using colloid silica, varying the materials ratio etc., a series of mesoporous β-MnO₂ with different pore size and wall thickness were prepared. By using these materials it has been possible to explore the influence of pore size and wall thickness on the rate of lithium intercalation into mesoporous electrode. There is intense interest in lithium intercalation into titanates due to their potential advantages (safety, rate) replacing graphite for new generation Li-ion battery. After the preparation of an ordered 3D mesoporous anatase the lithium intercalation as anode material has been investigated. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of ordered crystalline mesoporous metal oxides with microporous walls. Here, for the first time, the preparation and characterization of three dimensional ordered crystalline mesoporous α-MnO₂ with microporous wall was described, in which K+ and KIT-6 mesoporous silica act to template the micropores and mesopores, respectively. It was used as a cathode material for Li-ion battery. Its adsorption behavior and magnetic property was also surveyed. Following this we described the preparation and characterization of mesoporous CuO and reduced Cu[subscript(x)]O, and demonstrated their application in NO adsorption and delivery. Finally a series of crystalline mesoporous metal oxides were prepared and evaluated as catalysts for the CO oxidation.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectMesoporous metal oxidesen_US
dc.subjectEnergy storageen_US
dc.subjectAdsorptionen_US
dc.subjectCatalysisen_US
dc.subjectLi-ion batteryen_US
dc.subjectRate capabilityen_US
dc.subjectCO oxidationen_US
dc.subject.lccTA418.9P6R4
dc.subject.lcshMesoporous materialsen_US
dc.subject.lcshMetallic oxidesen_US
dc.subject.lcshLithium cellsen_US
dc.subject.lcshAdsorptionen_US
dc.subject.lcshMetal catalystsen_US
dc.titleApplications of ordered mesoporous metal oxides : energy storage, adsorption, and catalysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEaStCHEMen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEUen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorSUPERGENen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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