ZnO Micro/Nanocrystals with Tunable Exposed (0001) Facets for Enhanced Catalytic Activity on the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate

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• 作者：Gen Tang ; Shouqin Tian ; Zhaoxia Zhou ; Yanwei Wen ; Aimin Pang ; Yungang Zhang ; Dawen Zeng ; Haitao Li ; Bin Shan ; Changsheng Xie
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 5, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：22
• 页码：11833-11841
• 全文大小：531K
• 年卷期：v.118,no.22(June 5, 2014)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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ZnO micro/nanocrystals with different percentages of the exposed (0001) facets were synthesized by a facile chemical bath deposition method. Various characterizations were carried out to understand the relationship between particle shape, exposed (0001) facets, and catalytic activity of ZnO nanocrystals for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP). An enhancement in the catalytic activity was observed for the ZnO micro/nanocrystals with a higher percentage of the exposed (0001) facets, in which the activation energy E_a of AP decomposition was lowered from 154.0 卤 13.9 kJ/mol to 90.8 卤 11.4 kJ/mol, 83.7 卤 15.1 kJ/mol, and 63.3 卤 3.7 kJ/mol for ZnO micro/nanocrystals with ca. 18.6%, 20.3%, and 39.3% of the exposed (0001) facets. Theoretically evidenced by density functional theory calculations, such highly exposed (0001) facets can be favorable for the adsorption and diffusion of perchloric acid, and also facilitate the formation of active oxygen which can lead to the oxidation reaction of ammonia more completely in the catalytic decomposition of AP.