Polystyrene-ZnO core-shell microspheres and hollow ZnO structures synthesized with the sulfonated polystyrene templates

Journal Article · Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2005.10.011· OSTI ID:20784885

Yang, Yang ^[1]; Ying, Chu ^[1]; Yanping, Zhang ^[1]; Fuyong, Yang ^[1]; Jinglin, Liu ^[1]

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1. Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024 (China)

Mono-sized sulfonated polystyrene (PS) microspheres were used as templates to prepare PS-zinc oxide (ZnO) core-shell microspheres. Two different hollow ZnO structures were obtained after removing the PS cores by solvent extraction or calcinations. However, we obtained rod-like ZnO by either using unsulfonated PS microspheres as templates or without any templates. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images were used to characterize the structures and morphologies of all the samples. X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron diffraction (ED) and infrared (IR) spectra were, respectively, used to study the crystal structure and composition of samples, respectively.

• OSTI ID: 20784885
• Journal Information: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 179, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2005.10.011; PII: S0022-4596(05)00471-8; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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