Coordination polymers for catalysis: enhancement of catalytic activity through hierarchical structuring.

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Department of Physics, Center for Functional Nanomaterials and Devices, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P.R. China.

Published: August 2014

We utilized a novel strategy, hierarchical structuring, to enhance the catalytic activity of coordination polymers. Hierarchical Prussian white crystals with hollow structures and kinked surfaces were synthesized by using a self-aggregation and etching strategy. The hierarchical structure significantly enhanced the catalytic activity of Prussian white in the degradation of methylene blue in comparison to the non-hierarchical Prussian white crystals.

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