TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic and photocatalytic properties of nanocrystalline ZnMn 2O4
AU - Menaka, Mohammed Qamar
AU - Lofland, Samuel E.
AU - Ramanujachary, Kandalam V.
AU - Ganguli, Ashok K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Two of the authors (AKG) and (MQ) thank the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and CSIR, Govt. of India for financial support. (KVR) acknowledges the receipt of CP-STIO award from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Menaka thanks UGC, Govt. of India for a fellowship. (SEL) acknowledges support by NSF MRSEC DMR 0520471.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The present study describes the synthesis of ZnMn2O4 nanoparticles with the spinel structure. These oxide nanoparticles are obtained from the decomposition of metal oxalate precursors synthesized by (a) the reverse micellar and (b) the coprecipitation methods. Our studies reveal that the shape, size and morphology of precursors and oxides vary significantly with the method of synthesis. The oxalate precursors prepared from the reverse micellar synthesis method were in the form of rods (micron size), whereas the coprecipitation method led to spherical nanoparticles of size, 40-50 nm. Decomposition of oxalate precursors at low temperature (∼ 450°C) yielded phase pure ZnMn2O4 nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles of ZnMn2O4 obtained from reverse micellar method is relatively much smaller (20-30 nm) as compared to those made by the co-precipitation (40-50 nm) method. Magnetic studies of nanocrystalline ZnMn2O4 confirm antiferro- magnetic ordering in the broad range of ∼ 150 K. The photocatalytic activity of ZnMn2O 4 nanoparticles was evaluated using photo-oxidation of methyl orange dye under UV illumination and compared with nanocrystal- line TiO2.
AB - The present study describes the synthesis of ZnMn2O4 nanoparticles with the spinel structure. These oxide nanoparticles are obtained from the decomposition of metal oxalate precursors synthesized by (a) the reverse micellar and (b) the coprecipitation methods. Our studies reveal that the shape, size and morphology of precursors and oxides vary significantly with the method of synthesis. The oxalate precursors prepared from the reverse micellar synthesis method were in the form of rods (micron size), whereas the coprecipitation method led to spherical nanoparticles of size, 40-50 nm. Decomposition of oxalate precursors at low temperature (∼ 450°C) yielded phase pure ZnMn2O4 nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles of ZnMn2O4 obtained from reverse micellar method is relatively much smaller (20-30 nm) as compared to those made by the co-precipitation (40-50 nm) method. Magnetic studies of nanocrystalline ZnMn2O4 confirm antiferro- magnetic ordering in the broad range of ∼ 150 K. The photocatalytic activity of ZnMn2O 4 nanoparticles was evaluated using photo-oxidation of methyl orange dye under UV illumination and compared with nanocrystal- line TiO2.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12034-009-0035-7
DO - 10.1007/s12034-009-0035-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70249127612
SN - 0250-4707
VL - 32
SP - 231
EP - 237
JO - Bulletin of Materials Science
JF - Bulletin of Materials Science
IS - 3
ER -