Preparation of spheres based on NiO using cation with gel and macroporous structure
The article discusses the production of materials based on nickel oxide in the form of spherical granules ranging in size from 300 to 700 nm, by the method of thermal destruction of cation exchangers with gel (TOKEM-100)and macroporous (TOKEM-250) structures saturated with nickel (II) ions. Thermal analysis was used to establish the temperature regimes of annealing of Ni2+–ТОКЕМ-250 и Ni2+–ТОКЕМ-100 samples. The prepared materials were investigated by XRD and SEM. The use of TOKEM-100 cation exchanger makes it possible to obtain samples with spherical granules based on trigonal nickel (II) oxide, characterized by a sintered surface morphology. The use of TOKEM-250 cation exchanger leads to the formation of spheres based on NiO cubic modification with an inhomogeneous surface morphology.