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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 49, Issue 19, Pages 8813-8827Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic1015065
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- CSIR
- UGC
- DST (New Delhi, India)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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A surfactantless, trouble-free, and gentle wet chemistry approach has been used to interpret the precisely controlled growth of beta-Ni(OH)(2) with the assistance of ammonia and nickel acetate from seedless mild hydrothermal conditions. A thorough investigation of the reaction kinetics and product morphology with varied concentration of NH3 and different reaction times suggests that a putative mechanism of dissolution, recrystallization, and oriented attachment supports the intelligent self-assembly of nanobuilding blocks. Associated characterizations (FTIR, PXRD, FESEM, EDAX, HRTEM, and Raman) have identified it to be pure beta-Ni(OH)(2) without any signature of contamination. The assembled units result in porous frameworks (nanoflowers and nanocolumns) and are indeed full of communally intersecting nanopetals/nanoplates with both lengths and widths on the order of micrometer to nanometer length scale. The as-synthesized material could also be used as a precursor for nanometric black NiO under calcination. The hydroxide has been found to be a potent and environmentally benign material because it warrants its photocatalytic activity through dye mineralization. Finally, Ni(OH)(2) has been photochemically derivatized with dosages of silver nanoparticles bringing a competent composite authority Ag@Ni(OH)(2), to give a full-proof enhanced field effect of prolific SEAS activity. In a nutshell, these results are encouraging and fetch new promise for the fabrication of a low-cost and high-yielding greener synthetic Protocol for a functional material with promising practicability.
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