Preparation of Hierarchical CuO Nanoparticles and their Photocatalytic Activity

2013 ◽  
Vol 785-786 ◽  
pp. 378-381
Author(s):  
Li Min Wang ◽  
Hong Ming Sun ◽  
Zhong Chao Ma ◽  
Ao Xuan Wang

The uniform hierarchical and microspheric copper oxide (CuO) nanostructures, which have been successfully prepared via a simple one-pot method. The detailed morphology and structure of the synthesized hierarchical and microspheric nanostructures were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UVvisible spectroscopy. The morphology of CuO particles depends on the ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) used in the synthesis, the formation mechanisms were proposed based on the experimental results. The catalytic activity of as-synthesized CuO was demonstrated by catalytic oxidation of methylene blue in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and CuO with hierarchical nanostructures was found to be the best catalyst.

2014 ◽  
Vol 979 ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
Rungsarit Koonawoot ◽  
Cherdsak Saelee ◽  
Sakdiphon Thiensem ◽  
Sittiporn Punyanitya

This work reports the influence of chemical composition and sintering schedule on the properties of sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite (HA) bioceramic. The method of preparing sintered bodies by solid state reaction and uniaxial pressing. The raw material used calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH4H2PO4) powder as precursors. These powders were mixed at CaCO3: NH4H2PO4 mass ratio of 1:0.697, 1:0.692, 1:0.689, 1:0.685 and 1:0.68, respectively. The compositions in the temperatures range of 800-1300 °C for 3 hour. The sintered bodies were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Properties including phase, microstructures, porosity and bending strength of the samples. The results show that green bodies can be sintered at 1150 °C for 3 hours. This temperature found that crystals growth, highest of HA phase content in sintered bodies, good density and high efficiency strength properties.


2016 ◽  
Vol 675-676 ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratya Thongpanit ◽  
Weerapong Chewpraditkul ◽  
Nakarin Pattanaboonmee

Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) crystals is very interesting due to its nonlinear optical property. This study investigated on improving of material for academic use by adding boric acid to modify ADP crystals. Slow evaporation method in aqueous solutions of pure ADP and ADP doped with three concentrations of H3BO3 as 0.1, 1.0, 5.0 %wt were studied. The grown crystals were confirmed tetragonal structure by powder X-ray diffraction studies. The FTIR spectrum analysis presented various functional groups of boron in three conditions of doped ADP. TGA study was comfirned the temperature stability at 220 °C for both pure and doped ADP crytals. The machanical stress was analyzed by Vicker’s hardness measurement. The results of this analysis showed boric acid doped 1.0 %wt had superior machanical stress from 10 to 75 grams. ADP doped with boric acid at 1.0 %wt was accepted in all test properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 2287-2292
Author(s):  
K. Vijayashree ◽  
K. Sheshappa Rai

Insertion of metal-oxide nanoparticles to polymers stipulate the modification of physical properties of polymers over and above the accomplishment of new features in the polymer matrix. In the current study, an attempt was made to disperse the CuO nanoparticles in the polyvinyl alcohol and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) blend to investigate the structural, mechanical and optical properties of the nanocomposite. Blend was prepared in different ratios using PVA and HPMC, viz. 25:50, 50:50 and 75:25 wt%. The CuO nanoparticles were added to the 75:25 PVA:HPMC blend in different percentage like 0.5,1 and 1.5%. The polymer with and without CuO incorporation were subjected to X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, UV-visible spectral analyses and mechanical strength, etc. The results revealed that the incorporation of the CuO nanoparticles enhanced the structural and mechanical properties of the polymer by forming successful nanocomposite.


2021 ◽  
pp. 089270572110514
Author(s):  
Himanshu V Madhad ◽  
Dilip V Vasava

Over the years, various types of techniques have been used for the synthesis of nanocomposites. In this work, melamine-based polyamide (PA) was synthesized using a one-pot polycondensation method under mild conditions. carboxyl graphene (CG)/PA nanocomposites (CGMPA) were prepared by CG nanofiller loadings of 1, 3, and 5 wt.% via delamination/adsorption approach. The prepared CGMPA nanocomposites were characterized using different analyses, such as Fourier transform infrared techniques (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The effects of the CG on the thermal properties of the CGMPA nanocomposites were significant. The results showed that the melting temperature (Tm) of neat PA and CGMPA were increased from 378°C to 393°C suggested better dispersion of CG in PA matrix. The decomposition temperature of PA was increased from 451°C to 463°C in CGMPA nanocomposites indicates the better thermal stability of PA matrix by addition of CG.


2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 1225-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Qi ◽  
Chen Niu

Vanadium dioxides (VO2) is synthesized by hydrothermal method. In this process,V2O5 powder is used as raw materials,cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) is used as template and different alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol are used as reductants. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are used to test the properties of VO2 nanoparticles. The results show that VO2(B) nano-particles were succsessfully synthesized under the conditions of thermal reduction temperature 180°C, reaction time 24h and drying temperature 60°C. The variety of alcoholic reducing agents plays an important role in the structure and morphology of the product VO2(B), which relates closly to the electric properties of materials.


2012 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 314-317
Author(s):  
Li Han ◽  
Qin Wang ◽  
Cun Biao Guo ◽  
Jun Xu ◽  
Yu Zhong Zhan ◽  
...  

In the absence of sphere templates, hollow sodailte/NiO composite spheres were obtained by one-pot hydrothermal synthesis by using polyacrylamide hydrogels as "soft template". And the effect of nickel oxide content on the synthesis of hollow complex spheres was studied. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The results showed that when the content of nickel oxide was about 0.5%, the hollow sodalite/NiO composite spheres with high crystallinity, stable crystal, and obvious hollow structure could be successfully synthesized.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunsu Ma ◽  
Yongjie Liu ◽  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Dongzhi Yang

In this work, a novel sodium-fluorescent crystal (Na-FS) was synthesized from 4-dimethylaminobenzoic acid and sodium hydroxide by one-pot hydrothermal method. The structure and conformation of Na-FS were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope, and the optical properties were studied by fluorescence spectrometer. The results showed that: Na-FS was a triclinic crystal, space group was P-1, cell parameters a , b and c were 10.5113(3), 15.9198(5) and 15.9560(5) Å, respectively, and the number of independent atoms Z in a structure cell was two. Additionally, Na-FS has a blue fluorescence emission (around 360 nm under excited at the range of 230–300 nm) with great photostability and photobleaching resistance, and the quantum yield of Na-FS is 30.58%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Chen ◽  
Guangzu He ◽  
Qiong Tang ◽  
Qahtan A.Yousif

The SCMNPs@BPy-SO3H catalyst was prepared and characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Afterwards, its capability was efficiently used to promote the one-pot, three-component synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole and 2-amino-3-cyano-pyrano[3,2-c]chromen-5(4H)-one derivatives. The strategy resulted in the desired products with excellent yields and short reaction times. The SCMNPs@BPy-SO3H catalyst was readily recovered using a permanent magnetic field and it was reused in six runs with a slight decrease in catalytic activity. Copyright © 2020 BCREC Group. All rights reserved 


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ma. Rosas-Laverde ◽  
A. Pruna ◽  
D. Busquets-Mataix ◽  
D. Pullini

In this paper, ZnO electrodeposition was studied with the presence of graphene oxide (GO) exploited as a possible structure-directing agent. The effect of deposition potential and duration on the morphology and structure of ZnO was analyzed. The morphology and structure of the hybrids was analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The Raman results indicate a successful modification of ZnO with GO sheets and a hybridization threshold of 10 mg L−1 by the evolution of the defect related band of ZnO at 580 cm−1. The morphology results show that a low GO content only slightly influences the morphology and orientation of ZnO nanostructures while a high content as 10 mg L−1 changes the morphology in nanoplates and growth orientation to lateral. The results show that while GO participated in the deposition reaction, it has a two-fold role, also by structure-controlling ZnO, indicating that the approach is valid for the use of GO as a structure-directing agent for the fabrication of ZnO nanostructures by electrodeposition with varying morphologies and orientations.


2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (06) ◽  
pp. 1209-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUIZHAO ZHUANG ◽  
JIE WANG ◽  
XIAOKAI ZHANG ◽  
JUNLIN LI

Gallium nitride ( GaN ): nanostructured materials are synthesized by ammoniating Ga2O3/Nb films which are deposited in turn on Si(111) substrates at 900°C. The morphology and structure of the nanostructured materials are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Optical property of GaN nanostructured materials are analyzed by photoluminescence (PL). The results demonstrated that as-synthesized nanostructured materials are hexagonal wurtzite-structured. Ammoniating time of the samples has an evident influence on the morphology of GaN nanostructured materials synthesized by this method. The PL spectra indicate good emission property for the nanostructured materials. Finally, the growth mechanism is also briefly discussed.


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