title: Popping of graphite oxide: application in preparing metal nanoparticle catalysts.
abstract: A popcorn-like transformation of graphite oxide (GO) is reported and used to synthesize metal nanoparticle catalysts. The popping step is unique and essential, not only generating a high-surface-area support but also partially decomposing the metal precursors to form well-separated metal oxide nuclei, which would further evolve into highly dispersed and uniform-sized nanoparticles in the subsequent reduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.|Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.
authors.forename: Jiaguang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.|Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.|Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teramura
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yan
keywords: carbon; catalysis; graphene; popping