Inkjet printing assisted synthesis of multicomponent mesoporous metal oxides for ultrafast catalyst exploration

Nano Lett. 2012 Nov 14;12(11):5733-9. doi: 10.1021/nl302992q. Epub 2012 Oct 18.

Abstract

We describe an inkjet printing assisted cooperative-assembly method for high-throughput generation of catalyst libraries (multicomponent mesoporous metal oxides) at a rate of 1,000,000-formulations/hour with up to eight-component compositions. The compositions and mesostructures of the libraries can be well-controlled and continuously varied. Fast identification of an inexpensive and efficient quaternary catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is achieved via a multidimensional group testing strategy to reduce the number of performance validation experiments (25,000-fold reduction over an exhaustive one-by-one search).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Colloids / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / chemistry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / methods
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Photochemistry / methods
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy / methods
  • Printing
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Colloids
  • Oxides
  • Solvents
  • Hydrogen