scholarly journals Solvothermal Synthesis of Zn2SnO4Nanocrystals and Their Photocatalytic Properties

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang Sun ◽  
Saisai Zhang ◽  
Yanwei Li

Crystalline Zn2SnO4nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via a simple solvothermal route by using Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O and SnCl4·5H2O as source materials, NaOH as mineralizing agent, and water and ethanol as mixed solvents. The used amount of NaOH was found to have an important influence on the formation of Zn2SnO4. When the molar ratio of OH− : Zn2+ : Sn4+was set in the range from 4 : 2 : 1 to 8 : 2 : 1, Zn2SnO4nanoparticles with different shape and size were obtained. However, when the molar ratio of OH− : Zn2+ : Sn4+was set as 10 : 2 : 1, a mixture phase of ZnO and ZnSn(OH)6instead of Zn2SnO4was obtained. Photodegradation measurements indicated that the Zn2SnO4nanoparticles own better photocatalytic property to depredate methyl orange than the Zn2SnO4nanopolyhedrons. The superior photocatalytic properties of Zn2SnO4nanoparticles may be contributed to their small crystal size and high surface area.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 1901-1905
Author(s):  
Yasukazu Kobayashi ◽  
Shohei Tada ◽  
Ryuji Kikuchi

Chemical synthesis of porous intermetallic Ni2XAl (X = Ti or Zr) nanoparticles with small crystal size (24–34 nm) and high surface area (10–71 m2 g−1).


2018 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 218-223
Author(s):  
Juan Xia ◽  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Qi Wang

Two different Bi-based semiconductor photocatalysts Bi2MoO6 and Bi2WO6 were synthesized by a simple one-pot hydrothermal reaction at 453 K for 10 h. The properties of the photocatalysts, including structures, morphology, light-absorption band and photoluminescence, etc were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectrum and fluorescence spectrum. Further, their photocatalytic properties were compared by the degradation of two different organic dyes: Rhodamine B and methylene blue. It is important to note that the Bi2WO6 nanoplate structure exhibited better photocatalytic activity than the Bi2MoO6 nanowires aggregates due to its high surface area, higher light absorption and lower recombination of electron-hole pairs.


1997 ◽  
Vol 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Narula ◽  
K. L. Taylor ◽  
L. P. Haack ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
A. Datye ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe gels derived from mixtures of Pr(OiC3H7)3 and Zr(OiC3H7)4•iC3H7OH, upon hydrolysis and pyrolysis, furnish single-phase PrOy-ZrO2 materials crystallized in the fluorite structure. These materials can be coated onto high-surface-area γ-alumina powders or deposited onto dense α-alumina coupons in the form of thin films from a solution of parent alkoxides modified with 2,4-pentanedione in THF. The fluorite structure of the PrOy-ZrO2 in the films appears to be thermally stable in air up to 1200°C. Temperature-programmed-reduction (TPR) measurements show that the bulk PrOy-ZrO2 material with a Pr. Zr molar ratio of 1:1 can store and release oxygen while that with a molar ratio of 1:3 cannot.The precursors play an important role in determining phase composition of the resulting PrOy-ZrO2 material. A mixture of monoclinic and cubic or tetragonal phases was found in PrOy-ZrO2 prepared from a new single-source heterometallic alkoxide, Pr2Zr6(μ4-O)2(μ-OAc)6(μ-OiPr)10(OiPr)10, whereas a mixture of cubic and tetragonal phases was present in PrOy-ZrO2 made previously by coprecipitation from aqueous solutions of the metal nitrates.


NANO ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaling Xie ◽  
Aidong Tang ◽  
Huaming Yang

Nanoporous materials Al -MCM-41 with varying Si / Al molar ratios have been successfully synthesized from natural clay mineral halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). Hydrothermal treatment of acid-pretreated HNTs and NaOH solution resulted in the one-step synthesis of final nanoporous products by using surfactant. The effects of Si / Al molar ratios (7.7, 61.0 and 176.5) on the surface area, porosity and degree of structural order of Al -MCM-41 materials have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), N 2 adsorption–desorption measurements and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra techniques. The results indicated that Si / Al molar ratio had important effect on the characteristics of nanoporous materials, and Al -MCM-41 with an intermediate Si / Al molar ratio of 61.0 exhibited excellent characteristics with high degree of order, high surface area (S BET ) of 1033 m2/g and pore volume of 0.92 mL/g.


2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
US Akhtar ◽  
MK Hossain ◽  
MS Miran ◽  
MYA Mollah

Porous silica materials were synthesized from tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) using Pluronic P123 (non-ionic triblock copolymer, EO20PO70O20) as template under acidic conditions which was then used to prepare polyaniline (PAni) and porous silica composites (PAnisilica) at a fixed molar ratio. These materials were characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm measured by Barrett-Joyner- Halenda (BJH) method and pore size distribution from desorption branch and surface area measured by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), TEM-energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The composite maintains its structure even after the polymerization and the polymer is dispersed on the inorganic matrix. The rod-like porous silica was about 1?m to 1.5 ?m long and on an average the diameter was in the range of 300- 500 nm. The SEM and TEM images show well ordered 2d hexagonal pore, high specific surface area (850 m2g-1) and uniform pore size of ca. 6.5 nm in diameter. After incorporation of PAni inside the silica pore, framework of porous silica did not collapse and the surface area of the composite was as high as 434 m2g-1 which was 5.5 time higher than our previous report of 78.3 m2g-1. Due to shrinkage of the framework during the incorporation of aniline inside the silica, the pore diameter slightly increase to 7.5 nm but still showing Type IV isotherm and typical hysteresis loop H1 implying a uniform cylindrical pore geometry. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v49i1.18847 Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 49(1), 1-8, 2014


2012 ◽  
Vol 578 ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Yang Lin Liu ◽  
Xue Chen Duan ◽  
Shu Yun Liu ◽  
Yan Yan Liu

Mesoporous TiO2 microspheres were prepared by Ultrasonic-Hydrothermal Process with tetrabutyltitanate as titanium resource and octadecylamine as template. The effects of temperature and time of hytrothermol process, and calcination temperature on the structure had been investigated via XRD,SEM,TEM.The results indicated it will be better hythrothermol treating 20h at 120°Cand then heat-treating 4h at 400°C. A high surface area of 261.7 m2/g and pore volume of 0.28cm3/g was obtained in the corresponding sample with quite narrow distribution,and centering at 4.3nm in diameter.TiO2 frame was highly crystallized, showed the characteristic of pure anataste, with average crystal size of 10.0nm. The as-prepared sample possess a morphology of microspheres with diameter about 100-300nm.The photocatalytic activity was valuated by photodegradation of methly orange. The resultes indicated 99.79% of methly orange in the solution was removed after 30min photocatalytic treatment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 3269-3276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Atzori ◽  
Elisabetta Rombi ◽  
Daniela Meloni ◽  
Roberto Monaci ◽  
Maria Franca Sini ◽  
...  

NiO–CeO2–ZrO2 mixed oxides, with Ni/(Ce + Zr) = 1 mol/mol and different Ce/Zr molar ratios, were prepared by the soft-template method. The chemical composition, texture, structure, and redox features of the synthesized systems were investigated by different techniques. All samples were nanocrystalline (NiO nanocrystal average size 4 nm) and had high surface area and quite an ordered mesoporous system. The catalytic performances in the CO2 conversion into methane were studied at atmospheric pressure, 300 °C, and stoichiometric H2/CO2 molar ratio. Prior to reaction the catalysts were submitted to a mild reduction pretreatment (H2 at 400 °C for 1 h). XRD analysis of the samples after pretreatment showed the presence of small Ni crystals (4–7 nm) on all the samples as well as of some unreduced NiO nanocrystals on the systems with high Zr content, in accordance with H2-TPR experiments, which indicated that NiO reduction is promoted by CeO2 but hindered by ZrO2. The catalytic tests were performed at two different space velocities (72000 and 900000 cm3 h−1 g−1cat) on a series of Ni-based catalysts supported on CeO2–ZrO2 systems with different Ce/Zr ratios, including the two pure oxides. CO2 conversion and selectivity to CH4 (which was always close to 100 mol%) were constant throughout the 6-hour runs. CO2 conversion resulted to increase with CeO2 content in the catalyst, thus indicating the role of the CeO2 component of the support in activating CO2, whereas H2 is activated on the Ni nanoparticles.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 1750010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bowei Chen ◽  
Xiaojun Wang ◽  
Jiayi Zhu ◽  
Yutie Bi ◽  
Xuan Luo ◽  
...  

In this work, novel monolithic carbon aerogels obtained by using a polymer template method were characterized and evaluated for their applications in the hydrogen and deuterium adsorption capacity. The properties (i.e., surface area, pore size distribution, hydrogen and deuterium adsorption capacities, etc.) of the carbon aerogels were affected by the polymer templates. The results showed that the carbon aerogel with the molar ratio of polyacrylic acid (PAA) to zinc chloride (ZnCl2) being 0.75:40 was featured the highest surface area (1806 m2/g) and had the highest hydrogen adsorption capacity. Moreover, the deuterium adsorption capacity of the carbon aerogel was to be further elucidated.


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