One-pot preparation of mesoporous KxPMo12O40 (x = 1, 2, 3, 4) materials for oxidative desulfurization: electrochemically-active surface area (ECSA) determines their activity

A series of pure polyoxometalate salts, K_x[PMo₁₂O₄₀]³⁻ (K_xPMo, x = 1, 2, 3, 4), have been successfully prepared via a one pot hydrothermal method using F127 as a template.