title: Template Removal via Boudouard Equilibrium Allows for Synthesis of Mesostructured Molybdenum Compounds.
abstract: Oxidative thermal removal of the polymeric templates is not trivial for molybdenum oxides and hampers mesostructuring of this material. At ambient oxygen fugacity, MoVIis the thermodynamically stable oxidation state and sublimation of MoO3leads to a quick loss of the mesostructure through Oswald ripening. Taking advantage of the Boudouard equilibrium allows to fix the oxygen fugacity at a level where non-volatile MoO2-xis stable while carbonaceous material may be oxidized by CO2. Mesostructured MoO2-xcan be chemically converted into MoO3or MoN under retention of the mesostructure.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schieder
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bojer
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Heterogene Katalyse, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vom Stein
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmalz
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breu
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Anorganische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lunkenbein
keywords: Boudouard equilibrium; mesostructuring; molybdenum oxide; nanowires; oxygen fugacity