Synthesis and Characterization of ZrO2/Graphene Nanocomposite Materials

2012 ◽  
Vol 531 ◽  
pp. 161-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong Hua Wang ◽  
Fu Qiang Zhu ◽  
Jan Fei Xia ◽  
Fei Fei Zhang ◽  
Yan Zhi Xia ◽  
...  

Zirconia/graphene (ZrO2/graphene) nanocomposite has been successfully synthesized by a simple method. The as-prepared nanocomposite was characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), FT-IR spectroscopy, power X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption. It was found that tetragonal ZrO2was uniformly deposited on graphene, which resulted in the formation of two-dimensional nanocomposite, it showed a high surface area of 165 m2/g.

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjing Xu ◽  
Zifeng Yan ◽  
Yuxia Zhu ◽  
Huiping Tian ◽  
Jun Long

Mesoporous alumina was prepared by using sucrose as a structure-directing template in an aqueous system. The resultant samples were characterized by using different methods such as x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis, and thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses. The results showed that the prepared mesoporous gamma alumina has high surface area, uniform pore size distribution and excellent thermal stability.


2013 ◽  
Vol 284-287 ◽  
pp. 230-234
Author(s):  
Yu Jen Chou ◽  
Chi Jen Shih ◽  
Shao Ju Shih

Recent years mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs) have become important biomaterials because of their high surface area and the superior bioactivity. Various studies have reported that when MBGs implanted in a human body, hydroxyl apatite layers, constituting the main inorganic components of human bones, will form on the MBG surfaces to increase the bioactivity. Therefore, MBGs have been widely applied in the fields of tissue regeneration and drug delivery. The sol-gel process has replaced the conventional glasses process for MBG synthesis because of the advantages of low contamination, chemical flexibility and lower calcination temperature. In the sol-gel process, several types of surfactants were mixed with MBG precursor solutions to generate micelle structures. Afterwards, these micelles decompose to form porous structures after calcination. Although calcination is significant for contamination, crystalline and surface area in MBG, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, only few systematic studies related to calcination were reported. This study correlated the calcination parameters and the microstructure of MBGs. Microstructure evaluation was characterized by transmission electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption/desorption. The experimental results show that the surface area and the pore size of MBGs decreased with the increasing of the calcination temperature, and decreased dramatically at 800°C due to the formation of crystalline phases.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Atik Setyani ◽  
Emas Agus Prastyo Wibowo

Nanotubes received great attention because it has a high surface area. In this study, TiO2 nanotubes fabricated via hydrothermal method from  synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles via sol-gel method. Catalysts that have been synthesized later in the characterization by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) to obtain the crystal size and crystallinity. Crystal size of TiO2 nanoparticles at a temperature of 450C is 13.78 nm. Then characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to look at the formation of nanotubes. Characterization of TiO2 nanotubes with TEM shows that the structure of the tubes had already been formed TNTs although the growth has not been perfect. It can be seen from the structure TNTs who tend to be short and yet so irregular.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/jkv.v0i0.5036  


2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 096369351302200
Author(s):  
N. Ivashchenko ◽  
V. Tertykh ◽  
J. Skubiszewska-Zięba ◽  
R. Leboda ◽  
S. Khainakov ◽  
...  

Palladium nanoparticles with controlled size were synthesized within the pores of the mesoporous SBA-15 and SBA-16 silicas with grafted silicon hydride groups. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption method, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used for characterization of palladium-containing composites. Results of material study clearly revealed that Pd nanoparticles prepared by this method were located inside the porous channels and were quite uniform in size (mostly 5–6 nm). The influence of metal content on the particles size and porous structure of supports was investigated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 3218-3222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Li ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Xinqing Chen ◽  
Peng Gao ◽  
Jian Sun ◽  
...  

CuO/MCM-41 catalyst was synthesized by a simple method with the modification of ethylene glycol (EG) and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen sorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (SEM). Its catalytic performance in the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol was also investigated. The results indicated that the as-synthesized CuO/MCM-41-EG catalyst took the properties of high dispersion, small particle size and high surface area, and then showed catalytic performance for the CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. At the optimum reaction temperature of 240 °C, the CuO/MCM-41-EG catalyst gave 15% CO2 conversion and 35% methanol selectivity.


1996 ◽  
Vol 454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc J. Ledoux ◽  
Cuong Pham-Huu ◽  
Christophe Bouchy ◽  
Pascal Del Gallo ◽  
Claude Estournes ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTHigh surface area (> 100 m2 · g−1) SiC doped with zirconium was prepared by the gas-solid reaction. The material was made up of three phases: β-SiC, covered by ZrO2 and an amorphous phase composed of Si, Zr and O. The characterization of the sample was performed by means of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), surface area and porosity measurements by the BET method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Preliminary catalytic tests, the standard n-C7 isomerization on supported MoOxCy showed that this new support was at least as effective as pure SiC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 523-531
Author(s):  
Mosayeb Sarvestani ◽  
Roya Azadi

In the present study, nickel nanoparticles (Ni-NPs) immobilized on graphene oxide-chitosan (GO-Chit-Ni) have been synthesized and characterized as a catalyst for reduction of nitroarenes in water. For this purpose, GO has been functionalized with chitosan (GO-Chit). Then, Ni-NPs were immobilized on the surface of GO-Chit using a simple method. The GO-Chi-Ni nanocomposites were characterized using Fourier Transforms Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction Measurements (XRD), and Atomic Adsorption Spectrometry (AAS). The GO-Chi-Ni nanoparticles demonstrated appropriate catalytic activity in reducing nitroarenes to aryl amines in the existence of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) aqueous solution as a hydrogen source at 80oC. This catalytic system applies environmentally benign water as a solvent that is cheap, easily accessible, non-toxic, non-volatile, non-flammable and thermally stable. This type of catalyst can be applied several times with no considerable change in its performance.


2012 ◽  
Vol 05 ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALIREZA BADIEI ◽  
HASSAN GOLDOOZ

A nanostructure modified silica with good fluorescence properties was prepared by grafting Al 3+ ions on the surface of nanoporous silica and then binding of 8-hydroxyquinoline (8- HQ ) to the grafted Al 3+ ions. The prepared material, denoted as NS - AlQ 2, was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurements, FT-IR and fluorescence spectra. This compound shows emission spectra approximately in the emission range of AlQ 3 complex. This procedure provides a simple method for grafting fluorescent molecules in the channels of nanoporous silica materials.


2016 ◽  
Vol 230 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengsong Ge ◽  
Weixue Zhu ◽  
Qian Shao

AbstractStabilized spherical hollow zirconia was fabricated using calcium carbonate as template through a simple precipitation method. The as-prepared products were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms (BET). Adsorption performance of the as-prepared products toward Congo red (CR) aqueous solutions was tested and discussed. Results show that the prepared hollow ZrO


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