Journal
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 197, Issue -, Pages 392-397Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2012.08.063
Keywords
Anisotropic nanostructures; Manganate; Electron microscopy; Electrocatalyst
Funding
- CSIR
- DST
- DIT Government of India
- UGC, Government of India
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- NSF MRSEC [DMR 0520471]
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Tetravalent Mn based ternary oxides are of interest as they are important electrode materials. Dimagnesium manganate (Mg2MnO4) is one Mn(IV) containing oxide which has been of interest. Nanostructures of the above oxide (spinel) have been obtained by the thermal decomposition of nanostructured metal oxalate precursor at 500 degrees C. The size and anisotropy of the oxide nanostructures was controlled by choosing appropriate decomposition temperature of the oxalate precursor. Mg2MnO4 nanorods were obtained at low temperature (500 degrees C), formed by aligned nanoparticles of size similar to 8-10 nm. These nanoparticles show Curie-Weiss behavior with Weiss constant (14 K). Below similar to 50 K there is a small deviation resulting in a negative Weiss constant (-736 K) indicating exchange cross over (from ferromagnetic like interactions to antiferromagnetic interactions). The high temperature magnetic moment corresponds to Mn (IV). Electrochemical experiments show that nanostructured Mg2MnO4 is an efficient anode material for oxygen evolution reaction with a current density of 14 mA/cm(2). The stability of the anode over several cycles of oxidation and reduction is highly encouraging. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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