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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 490, Issue 1-2, Pages 331-335Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.10.004
Keywords
X-ray diffraction; Chemical synthesis; Nanostructures
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50762003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province [807009]
- Education Department of Hainan Province [Hjkj2008-03]
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Urchin-like nano/micro-hybrid alpha-MnO2 balls were prepared through the hydrothermal reaction of H2SO4 and KMnO4 without the use of templates, surfactants or other additives. The products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD). It indicates that the urchin-like alpha-MnO2 is composed of single crystalline alpha-MnO2 nanorods. The formation mechanism of urchin-shaped alpha-MnO2 was proposed and explained in detail on the basis of the time-dependent designed experiments combined with XRD analysis and TEM observations of the intermediates during the formation process. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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