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Title: A redox-assisted supramolecular assembly of manganese oxide nanotube

Journal Article · · Materials Research Bulletin
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  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Key Laboratory of Chemometrics and Chemical Biological Sensing Technologies, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082 (China)
  2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Chemometrics and Chemical Biological Sensing Technologies, Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082 (China)
  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

In this paper, we report the hydrothermal synthesis of manganese oxide nanotube from an aqueous medium of pH 7, using KMnO{sub 4} and MnCl{sub 2} as inorganic precursors, polyoxyethylene (10) nonyl phenyl ether (TX-10) a surfactant and acetaldehyde an additive. The characterization of X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and N{sub 2} adsorption at 77 K (BET) reveals that the synthesized manganese oxide nanotube has a mesopore size of ca. 3.65 nm and a wall thickness of ca. 12 nm, with the wall being composed of microporous crystals of monoclinic manganite. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) result demonstrates a decrease of the binding energy of the Mn{sup 3+} in the manganese oxide nanotube, which may be related to both the nanotubular morphology and the crystalline pore wall. A mechanism of a redox-assisted supramolecular assembly, regulated by acetaldehyde, is postulated.

OSTI ID:
20891944
Journal Information:
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 41, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2006.04.011; PII: S0025-5408(06)00146-2; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English