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Versatile Synthesis Of Transition Metal Phosphides: Emerging Front-Runners For Affordable Catalysis, April C. Mattei
Versatile Synthesis Of Transition Metal Phosphides: Emerging Front-Runners For Affordable Catalysis, April C. Mattei
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Transition metal phosphide materials have found themselves at the forefront of research revolving around energy applications. Due to the vast range of properties possessed by marginally different phase compositions, binary and ternary metal phosphides are utilized as catalysts, semi-conductors and magnetocaloric materials along with many others. These attractive properties, which are highly phase dependent, call for a versatile and cost effective synthesis route for various phosphide materials without sacrificing properties important at the nanoscale such as particle size and morphology.
The primary focus outlined in the work of this dissertation pertains to a versatile wet chemical synthesis capable of producing …