Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl2O4

Zhengru Zhu; Xinyong Li; Qidong Zhao; Shaomin Liu; Xijun Hu; Guohua Chen

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.085

Facile solution synthesis and characterization of porous cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl₂O₄

Zhengru Zhu, Xinyong Li, Qidong Zhao, Shaomin Liu, Xijun Hu, Guohua Chen

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Abstract

Porous and cubic-shaped superstructure of ZnAl₂O₄ was successfully synthesized by a facile wet chemical solution-phase method. The structural properties of the samples were systematically investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energydispersive spectra (EDS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) techniques. The characterization results revealed that the structure of the cubic-shaped ZnAl₂O₄ was an inverse spinel structure. The sample prepared by a solution-phase chemical method has a higher surface area and monomodal pore size distributions. Furthermore, the valence states and the surface chemical compositions of ZnAl₂O ₄ were further identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This study provides a simple method to prepare cubicshaped ZnAl ₂O₄ in large scale, which broadens their practical applications. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	194-197
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.085
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Electron microscopy
Nanomaterials
Porous
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Zinc aluminate

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