Journal
CHIMIA
Volume 65, Issue 12, Pages 979-981Publisher
SWISS CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2011.979
Keywords
Anisotropic nanoparticles; Hematite; Hybrid structure; Hydrogen reduction; Iron oxide nanoparticles; Magnetite
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- Sciex-NMSch [10.007]
- Adolphe Merkle Foundation
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We report on the transformation via hydrogen reduction of spindle-type hematite nanoparticles into hematite/magnetite hybrid iron oxide particles. The transformation process consists of the reduction of nanoparticles powder in an autoclave using hydrogen gas at a fixed pressure of 11 bars. Both temperature and time of reduction are varied between 300 degrees C to 360 degrees C and 0 to 45 h. X-Ray powder diffraction data on the obtained powder and corresponding Rietveld refinement allow the amount of reduced hematite to be determined as a function of these two parameters. Kinetics parameters are measured and an estimation of the activation energy is obtained through linearization of the Arrhenius equation. While reduction is dramatically accelerated at higher temperature, the morphology of the nanoparticles only remain qualitatively unchanged at 300 degrees C as seen from transmission electron microscopy images. The mechanisms underlying morphology changes are still under study and seem to be closely related to reactor pressure.
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