Accurate Determination of Oxide Nanoparticle Size and Shape Based on X-Ray Powder Pattern Simulation: Application to Boehmite AlOOH

Autor: Renaud Revel, David Chiche, Mathieu Digne, Jean-Pierre Jolivet, Corinne Chanéac
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (site Paris VI) (LCMCP (site Paris VI)), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - Chimie ParisTech-PSL (ENSCP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society, 2008, 112, pp.8524-8533
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112, pp.8524-8533
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/jp710664h
Popis: The control of oxide nanoparticle size and shape is of great importance to tune their physical and chemical properties. As a consequence, routine methods are required to determine the nanoparticle morphology. Since diffraction patterns strongly depend on both size and shape, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) is widely used to determine the particle morphology. Herein, an accurate approach is proposed based on the simulation of morphology-dependent diffraction patterns using the Debye formula and on the comparison of these calculated patterns to the experimental ones. The most representative particle morphology is also obtained. This methodology has been first validated on a simple model system of MgO cubic and octahedral nanoparticles. It has been then applied to three different morphologies of boehmite AlOOH samples, obtained by varying the synthesis pH value. The method is characterized in terms of sensitivity, and extensive comparisons with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results are also performed...
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