Materials 2010, 3(2), 764-785; doi:10.3390/ma3020764
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Progress of the Application of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Preparation of Nanostructured Metal Oxides

Yuanhang Ren, Bin Yue* email, Min Gu and Heyong He* email
Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 4 December 2009; in revised form: 3 January 2010 / Accepted: 13 January 2010 / Published: 27 January 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polyoxometalate Compounds)
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Abstract: Mesoporous silica molecular sieves are a kind of unique catalyst support due to their large pore size and high surface area. Several methods have been developed to immobilize heteropolyacids (HPAs) inside the channels of these mesoporous silicas. The mesoporous silica-supported HPA materials have been widely used as recyclable catalysts in heterogeneous systems. They have shown high catalytic activities and shape selectivities in some reactions, compared to the parent HPAs in homogeneous systems. This review summarizes recent progress in the field of mesoporous silica-supported HPAs applied in the heterogeneous catalysis area and preparation of nanostructured metal oxides using HPAs as precursors and mesoporous silicas as hard templates.
Keywords: mesoporous silica; heteropoly acid; polyoxometalates; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructured metal oxide

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Ren, Y.; Yue, B.; Gu, M.; He, H. Progress of the Application of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Preparation of Nanostructured Metal Oxides. Materials 2010, 3, 764-785.

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Ren Y, Yue B, Gu M, He H. Progress of the Application of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Preparation of Nanostructured Metal Oxides. Materials. 2010; 3(2):764-785.

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Ren, Yuanhang; Yue, Bin; Gu, Min; He, Heyong. 2010. "Progress of the Application of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Preparation of Nanostructured Metal Oxides." Materials 3, no. 2: 764-785.

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