title: Crystal-phase control of molybdenum carbide nanobelts for dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol.
abstract: Belt-shaped molybdenum carbides in α- and β-phases were synthesized by reducing and carburizing a nano-sized α-MoO3 precursor with hydrocarbon-hydrogen mixtures at appropriate temperatures; the β-Mo2C nanobelts with a higher fraction of coordinatively unsaturated Mo sites were more active than the α-MoC1-x nanobelts in dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China. shen98@dicp.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongcheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chunhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ensheng
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ta
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen