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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 3661-3666Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra22481c
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25620185] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Starting from an aqueous solution, porous zinc ferrite-based xerogel monoliths have been prepared via a sol-gel route accompanied by phase separation mediated by propylene oxide in the presence of poly(acrylamide). The xerogels possess well-defined macropores, and the macroporous morphologies could be easily controlled (macropore size ranges from 0.55 to 1.29 mu m) by simply changing the starting composition. As-dried xerogel samples were amorphous under X-ray diffraction, while heat-treatment in air brought about the formation of spinel type ferrite phase, ZnFe2O4. Calcination under Ar atmosphere allowed the crystallization of various iron-based phases/carbon composites (Fe3O4, Fe1-delta O, Fe3N, Fe4N, Fe3C, and Fe). Samples heated under Ar flow exhibited hierarchical pore structures, including continuous macropores, in addition to mesopores and micropores embedded in the carbon-containing composite matrices.
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