On the study of pH effects in the microwave enhanced rapid synthesis of nano-ZnO |
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Authors: | S D Gopal?Ram M Anbu?Kulandainathan G Ravi |
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Institution: | (1) Nano Science Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The rapid synthesis of ZnO nanostructures by microwave treatment of aqueous solutions of different pH values is reported for
the first time. Microwave in various wattages was used as the source of heating or energy feeding the aqueous precursors.
The pH of the zinc metal source was altered by a suitable amount of mineralisers. The considered pH values are 8, 10, 12 and
13.5. Microwave dielectric heating is dependent on the ability of the material to absorb microwave. This is responsible for
molecular friction and dielectric loss, which as a result produce internal heating of the dielectric medium, in this case
the solution. In typical microwave assisted synthesis, the total exposure to the microwave treatment was near about 25 to
35 minutes. The ZnO nanostructures obtained were studied by XRD, SEM and TEM characterisations. From the XRD pattern and the
full width half maximum of the dominant reflections, microstructural parameters of the nanostructures are calculated and compared
for the different pH values. Flower petal like flakes and hexagonal nanorods are formed for the lower and higher pH solutions,
respectively. From the SEM images, the size distributions for the pH 12 and 13.5 cases are compared by drawing a histogram. |
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