scholarly journals Formation of nanocrystalline manganese oxide in flames: oxide phase governed by classical nucleation and size-dependent equilibria

CrystEngComm ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (33) ◽  
pp. 5509-5521
Author(s):  
Shruthi Dasappa ◽  
Joaquin Camacho

Particle nucleation and growth of crystalline manganese oxide nanoparticles was examined in a complementary experimental and modelling study.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquin Camacho ◽  
Shruthi Dasappa

Particle nucleation and growth of crystalline manganese oxide nanoparticles was examined in a complementary experimental and modelling study. Gas-to-particle conversion occured in a flame-assisted chemical vapor deposition process whereby a premixed stagnation flame drove the high-temperature synthesis. The structure of the stagnation flame was computed using pseudo one-dimensional and axisymmetric two-dimensional methods to assess the accuracy of using a faster similarity-based calculation for flame-deposition design. The pseudo one-dimensional computation performs reasonably well for the narrow aspect ratio stagnation flow currently studied as evidenced by reasonable agreement between the measured flame position and both computational methods. Manganese oxide nanoparticles having II, II-III, III or IV oxidation states were observed depending on the flame conditions. These observations may be explained by size-dependent equlibria between nano-scale manganese oxide and surrounding gas-phase oxygen. Local equibrium was assessed during the particle temperature-oxygen-time history to gain insight into oxide formation in the flame. Analysis of the saturation ratio for formation of condensed MnO in the flame indicates that nucleation may be limited by a thermodynamic barrier. This nucleation mechanism is supported by measured particle sizes smaller than what would be expected from a coagulation limited growth process. Nanocrystalline MnO, reported here for the first time by flame synthesis, was obtained in oxygen lean flames. MnO2 is the phase predicted to be thermally stable as the particles approach the deposition surface, yet other metastable oxide phases were produced in many of the flames examined. In fact, MnO2 was only observed in the smallest particle size conditions which may indicate that high cooling rates limit phase equilibrium to less massive particles.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shruthi Dasappa ◽  
Joaquin Camacho

See also: CrystEngComm (2020) 22, 5509-5521"Formation of nanocrystalline manganese oxide in flames: oxide phase governed by classical nucleation and size-dependent equilibria" by Shruthi Dasappa and Joaquin CamachoSynthesis of manganese oxide nanoparticles was carried out in premixed stagnation flames. The deposition surface was stationary to enable rigorous comparison to flame structure computations using pseudo one-dimensional and full two-dimensional calculations. The pseudo one-dimensional assumption taken by OPPDIF to calculate the flame structure performs reasonably well for the narrow aspect ratio stagnation flow currently studied. Agreement between the measured flame position and both computational methods was within 0.25 cm. The variation in manganese oxidation state in the products observed here is shown to be caused by competing oxidation and particle nucleation processes. Complimentary experimental and modeling studies of flame synthesis were carried out under well-defined boundary conditions to examine this competition. Manganese oxide products having II, II,III, III and IV valence were observed depending on the flame conditions. Unlike iron oxide and titanium oxide systems, complete oxidation to MnO2 is only observed for the most oxidizing growth conditions. The first observation of phase pure MnO by flame synthesis is reported here. Manipulation of the balance between manganese oxidation and particle nucleation through control of the time-temperature-oxygen history may enable selective synthesis of manganese oxide nanoparticles with tailored morphology and oxidation state.


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