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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 39, Pages 19884-19891Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05075h
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- FWO-Vlaanderen [12M1415N, G004613N]
- Flemish Government
- Belgian Government (IAP-PAI network)
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The uniform dispersion of functional oxide nanoparticles inside ordered mesoporous silica to tailor optical, electronic, and magnetic properties for biomedical and environmental applications is a scientific challenge. Herein, we demonstrate for the very first time the morphological effect of platelet-driven confined growth of hematite iron oxide (alpha-Fe2O3) nanorods inside the mesochannels of ordered mesoporous silica COK-12 material denoted as alpha-Fe2O3@COK-12. The inclusion of the alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods in COK-12 particles is studied in detail using high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy and electron tomography. High resolution imaging and EDX spectroscopy provide information about the particle size, shape and crystal phase of the loaded alpha-Fe2O3 material, while electron tomography provides detailed information on the spreading of the nanorods throughout the COK-12 host in three-dimension. This nanocomposite material, having a semiconductor band gap energy of 2.50 eV according to diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, demonstrates an improved visible light photocatalytic degradation activity with rhodamine 6G and 1-adamantanol model compounds.
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