Microwave-assisted solution-phase preparation and growth mechanism of FeMoO4 hierarchical hollow spheres

Lei Zhang; Xiao-Feng Cao; Ying-Li Ma; Xue-Tai Chen; Zi-Ling Xue

doi:10.1039/B912555H

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Microwave-assisted solution-phase preparation and growth mechanism of FeMoO₄ hierarchical hollow spheres†

Lei Zhang,^a Xiao-Feng Cao,^a Ying-Li Ma,^a Xue-Tai Chen*^a and Zi-Ling Xue^b

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^a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China
E-mail: xtchen@netra.nju.edu.cn
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^b Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Abstract

In the present paper, we report successful synthesis of FeMoO₄ hierarchical hollow spheres with 1.0 µm in diameter via a simple, rapid and reliable microwave-assisted solution-phase approach. The phases and morphologies of the products have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Some factors influencing the morphology of the final product have been investigated. These experiments indicate that the self-assembly of FeMoO₄ nanoparticles at the water/gas interface is responsible for the formation of a hierarchical hollow structure.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B912555H
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 25 Jun 2009
Accepted: 17 Aug 2009
First published: 28 Aug 2009

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CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 207-210

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Microwave-assisted solution-phase preparation and growth mechanism of FeMoO₄ hierarchical hollow spheres

L. Zhang, X. Cao, Y. Ma, X. Chen and Z. Xue, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 207 DOI: 10.1039/B912555H

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