Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)

Porous and cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl2O4 was successfully synthesized by a facile wet chemical solution-phase method. The structural properties of the samples were systematically investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM),...

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Main Authors: Zhu, Z., Li, X., Zhao, Q., Liu, Shaomin, Hu, X., Chen, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29865
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author Zhu, Z.
Li, X.
Zhao, Q.
Liu, Shaomin
Hu, X.
Chen, G.
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Li, X.
Zhao, Q.
Liu, Shaomin
Hu, X.
Chen, G.
author_sort Zhu, Z.
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description Porous and cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl2O4 was successfully synthesized by a facile wet chemical solution-phase method. The structural properties of the samples were systematically investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectra (EDS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) techniques. The characterization results revealed that the structure of the cubic-shaped ZnAl2O4 was an inverse spinel structure. The sample prepared by a solution-phase chemical method has a higher surface area and monomodal pore size distributions. Furthermore, the valence states and the surface chemical compositions of ZnAl2O4 were further identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This study provides a simple method to prepare cubic-shaped ZnAl2O4 in large scale, which broadens their practical applications.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-298652017-09-13T16:08:35Z Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4) Zhu, Z. Li, X. Zhao, Q. Liu, Shaomin Hu, X. Chen, G. Porous and cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl2O4 was successfully synthesized by a facile wet chemical solution-phase method. The structural properties of the samples were systematically investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmet–Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectra (EDS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) techniques. The characterization results revealed that the structure of the cubic-shaped ZnAl2O4 was an inverse spinel structure. The sample prepared by a solution-phase chemical method has a higher surface area and monomodal pore size distributions. Furthermore, the valence states and the surface chemical compositions of ZnAl2O4 were further identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This study provides a simple method to prepare cubic-shaped ZnAl2O4 in large scale, which broadens their practical applications. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29865 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.085 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Zhu, Z.
Li, X.
Zhao, Q.
Liu, Shaomin
Hu, X.
Chen, G.
Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title_full Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title_fullStr Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title_full_unstemmed Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title_short Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl(2)O(4)
title_sort facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of znal(2)o(4)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29865