Flux-mediated crystal growth of metal oxides: synthetic tunability of particle morphologies, sizes, and surface features for photocatalysis research

CrystEngComm ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 2225-2241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Boltersdorf ◽  
Nacole King ◽  
Paul A. Maggard

Flux crystal growth of mixed-metal oxide photocatalysts with (A) rod- and (B) platelet-shaped morphologies grown under varied flux conditions.

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (38) ◽  
pp. 21660-21666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren A. Thompson ◽  
Alberto Olivo ◽  
Danny Zanardo ◽  
Giuseppe Cruciani ◽  
Federica Menegazzo ◽  
...  

A novel example using a systematic design of experiments mixture design for developing mixed metal oxide photocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Weilong ◽  
Fu Xiaobo

Fe/Mn mixed metal oxides were synthesized facilely by a grinding method and were characterized by TEM, XRD, XPS, and BET. The characterization results revealed that mixed metal oxides were mainly composed of not highly crystallized Fe2O3and Mn3O4nanoparticles with a diameter about 3–5 nm. The specific BET surface areas of the composite were affected by the amounts of KCl diluent in the preparation process and about 268 m2/g of the composite can be achieved. Compared with metal oxide adsorbents existent, the composites showed good adsorption capacity, stability, and regeneration activity for Cr(VI) removal. The enhanced adsorption capacity was speculated to be ascribed to the synergistic effect of the mixed metal oxides. By monitoring the valence change in the adsorption process using XPS characterization, the mechanism for Cr(VI) removal on the composites was found to be a combination of electrostatic attraction and ion exchange. The above results demonstrated that the synthesized metal oxides nanocomposite is of great potential for Cr(VI) removal in the fields of remediation of environmental problems.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 620
Author(s):  
Sang-Yong Jung ◽  
Bo-Kyung Kim ◽  
Hyoung-Jun Kim ◽  
Jae-Min Oh

Mixed metal oxide (MMO) with relatively homogeneous mesopores was successfully obtained by calcination and reconstruction of albumin-templated layered double hydroxide (LDH). The aggregation degree of albumin-template was controlled by adjusting two different synthesis routes, coprecipitation and reconstruction. X-ray diffraction patterns and scanning electron microscopic images indicated that crystal growth of LDH was fairly limited during albumin-templated coprecipitation due to the aggregation. On the hand, crystal growth along the lateral direction was facilitated in albumin-templated reconstruction due to the homogeneous distribution of proteins moiety. Different state of albumin during LDH synthesis influenced the local disorder and porous structure of calcination product, MMO. The N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms demonstrated that calcination on reconstructed LDH produced MMO with large specific surface area and narrow distribution of mesopores compared with calcination of coprecipitated LDH.


1991 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Davies ◽  
Bill C. Giessen ◽  
Hui-Li Shao

ABSTRACTStepwise transmetalation of the neutral molecular target (µ4-O)N4 Cu4 C16(N is a monodentate pyridine) with M(NS)n transmealators (NS is a monanionic S-methyl hydrazinecarbodithioate ligand, M is Co (n = 2 or 3), Ni or Zn (n = 2)) in aprotic solvents gives a large family of heteropolymetallic products (µ4 - O)N4 (Co,Ni,Cu,Zn)4 C16 that contain from one to four different metals. Thermolysis of these solid products in flowing O2 at 220 - 250°C gives uniform, highly dispersed mixtures of the respective metal oxides. For example, thermolysis of bulk precursor (µ4 -O)N4 CoNiCuZnCl6 gives a uniform mixture of 1 - 2° particles of Co3 O4, NiO, CuO and ZnO.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Xi ◽  
Haibo Li

In this work, a laminated CuAl-mixed metal oxide (CuAl-LDO) has been prepared and proposed as an electrode to interact with chloride ions for pseudo-capacitive deionization (P-CDI).


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Nithya Davis ◽  
Usha Rajalakshmi P ◽  
Sakthivel T

Mesoporous mixed metal oxides (SnO2(x) -TiO2 (1-x) , x= 0.75,0.50 and 0.25) were synthesized by evaporation induced self assembly using cationic surfactant, Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) as the structure directing agent. The small angle X-ray diffraction pattern of mesoporous SnO2 and SnO2-TiO2 mixed metal oxides revealed the presence of well defined mesostructure in the metal oxides. The mixed metal oxide system has crystallized in orthorhombic structure, resembling the host lattice. Mesopore channels were collapsed upon calcinations at 550°C. The optical absorption of the SnO2 has been extended into the visibleregion upon incorporation of “Ti”. A remarkable enhancement of the photocatalytic degradation efficiency (60% ) of (SnO2(0.5) -TiO2 (0.5) was observed against aqueous solution of methylene blue dye.


Author(s):  
Periasamy Anbu ◽  
Subash C.B. Gopinath ◽  
Kandasamy Saravanakumar ◽  
Sekar Vijayakumar ◽  
Santheraleka Ramanathan ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 210 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M. Cruickshank ◽  
F.P. Glasser

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