Hydrothermal Synthesis and Formation Mechanism of Micrometer-sized MoO2 Hollow Spheres

Autor: Guijun Zhang, Qing-hua Jin, Pingchuan Sun, Tie-hong Chen, Da-tong Ding, Zhongyong Yuan, Chenghua Guo, Zhu-rui Shen, Bao-hui Li
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics. 19:543-548
ISSN: 2327-2244
1674-0068
DOI: 10.1360/cjcp2006.19(6).543.6
Popis: Micrometer-sized MoO2 hollow spheres were synthesized hydrothermally with ammonium heptamolybdate tetrahydrate as molybdenum source, Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as structure-directing agent and C2H5OH as reducing agent, respectively. The products were investigated by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. A morphology transition of "blocks-solid spheres-hollow spheres" during the growth process was observed and the possible mechanism for the formation of MoO2 samples was proposed to be through a microscale Kirkendall effect.
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