Metastable-Phase Materials

This book summarizes an arising branch of materials, metastable materials, which are rarely discussed before and addresses their applications in catalytic reactions.

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Qi Shao received her Ph.D. degree in applied physics from City University of Hong Kong in 2016. Now she is an associate Professor at College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University. Her current research interests are focusing on metastable catalysts for electrochemical applications.

Zhenhui Kang is currently a Professor in Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials and the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices in Soochow University, P. R. China. His main research interests are in the fields of synthetic and surface chemistry of carbon dots, as well as the exploring of their applications in nanocatalysis, new energy, and bio-imaging.

Mingwang Shao is a professor at the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, PR China. He got Ph.D. in 2003 at University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests include inorganic solid materials, biological and chemical sensors.

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Discover the cutting-edge progress of a promising class of materials significant for use in energy technologies as catalysts Materials are said to be metastable-phases if they can retain their stability when subjected only to slight disturbances. Materials in metastable-phases can have very different properties from those in a state of equilibrium, and can perform very differently under conditions of experimentation, work, or industrial use. Metastable-phase materials are therefore a promising area of study in a variety of different fields, including cutting-edge industries. Metastable-Phase Materials constitutes a wide-ranging overview of these materials, their properties, and their applications. Beginning with an overall characterization of metastable-phase materials and their normal modes of synthesis, it characterizes the most important branch of metastable-phase materials and reviews a range of catalytic applications. The result is a critical contribution to materials science and catalytic chemistry with potentially far-reaching implications. Metastable-Phase Materials readers will also find:

• Treatment of metastable-phase metal materials, 2D metastable-phase materials, and spin-dependent metastable-phase materials
• Detailed discussion of metastable-phase material applications in electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, thermalcatalysis, and more

• State-of-the-art technological applications in a myriad of areas Metastable-Phase Materials is ideal for materials scientists, catalytic chemists, inorganic chemists, photochemists, electrochemists, organic chemists, and the libraries that serve these communities.

  Inhalt
  CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE METASTABLE PHASE MATERIALS
  Introduction
  What are the metastable phase materials
  The categories of metastable phase materials
  The influence on polymorphs of materials
  The wide applications of metastable phase materials
  The criterion for stable phase and metastable phase materials
  References

  CHAPTER 2. SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY
  Introduction
  The keys for synthesizing metastable phase materials
  The synthetic methods for synthesizing metastable phase materials
  References

  CHAPTER 3. CHARACTERIZATION
  Introduction
  Characterizations
  How to determine the phase of metastable phase 2D metal oxides
  References

  CHAPTER 4. METASTABLE PHASE METALS
  Introduction
  Noble metals
  Non-noble metals
  The criterion to determine the stable phase and metastable phase metals
  References

  CHAPTER 5. METASTABLE PHASE OXIDE, CHALCOGENIDE, PHOSPHIDE AND BORIDE MATERIALS
  Introduction
  Oxides
  Others
  References

  CHAPTER 6. SPIN-DEPENDENT METASTABLE PHASE MATERIALS
  Introduction
  Spin related catalysis
  Spin related catalysts for alkaline OER
  Spin related catalyst for acidic OER
  References

  CHAPTER 7. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL METASTABLE PHASE OXIDES
  Introduction
  The Point group, crystal system, crystal lattice and space groups of 2D materials
  The possible crystal structure and chemical formula of 2D metal oxides
  How to prepare metastable phase 2D metal oxides
  Metastable phase 2D noble metal oxides
  Metastable phase 2D non-noble metal oxides
  The covalent bond behavior in metastable phase 1T metal oxides
  References

  CHAPTER 8. ELECTROCATALYSIS
  Introduction
  Several typical electrochemical reactions
  Metastable phase catalysts for advanced electrocatalysis
  References

  CHAPTER 9. PHOTOCATALYSTS
  Introduction
  Fundamental concepts of photocatalysis
  Metastable phase catalysts and photocatalysis
  The advantages and disadvantages of photocatalysis
  References

  CHAPTER 10. THERMOCATALYSTS
  Introduction
  Several typical thermocatalytic reactions
  Metastable phase catalysts for thermocatalysis
  References

  Summary and Outlook