title: Selective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics by ceria nanorods.
abstract: Ceria (CeO2) nanorods with well-defined surface planes can be synthesized and utilized for the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics. The CeO2 nanorods containing a {110} plane can efficiently and selectively catalyse the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics with N2H4 as a reducing agent, while nano-ceria with a {100} or {111} plane shows poor performance for the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Hai-Zhou
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yong-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Feng-Jia
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu