Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 689, Issue -, Pages 153-160Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.279
Keywords
Ni@ h-BN; Co@ h-BN; Encapsulation; Nanoparticles; Magnetic
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Funding
- National Natural Science Fund [51402130]
- Jiangsu Province Research Joint Innovation Fund-Prospective Joint Research Project [BY2014123-08]
- Fund of Jiangsu University [FCJJ2015019]
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Metal nanoparticles with high magnetization values and good stability in acid and base environments have potential applications in industry, biological, and environmental fields. In this paper, we demonstrated a novel approach to synthesize Ni and Co nanoparticles encapsulated by few-layer h-BN (i. e., Ni@h-BN and Co@h-BN) via annealing of freshly prepared metal ammine complexes ([Ni(NH3)(6)]Cl-2 or [Co(NH3)(6)]Cl-3) and KBH4 with flowing nitrogen gas at 900 degrees C for 2 h. Formation of Ni@h-BN and Co@ h-BN was observed from X-ray diffraction patterns, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Bonding nature and elemental composition were also characterized by Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope. Bonding formation process was illustrated by DSC/TGA analysis. Ni and Co NPs were found encapsulated into h-BN shells (c. a. 15 layers) with a high yield amounting to 42.6%. Additionally, the obtained saturation magnetization and coercivity of Ni@h-BN and Co@h-BN were 10.9 emu/g and 116 Oe, 83.3 emu/g and 62 Oe, respectively. Hence, the excellent performance of Co@h-BN and Ni@h-BN, especially the latter of which was prepared for the first time, could pave the way for application of h-BN encapsulation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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