Open AccessGrowth of significantly low dimensional zinc orthotitanate (Zn2TiO4) nanoparticles by solid state reaction method
Author(s) -
Lizina Khatua,
Rudrashish Panda,
Avanendra Singh,
Arpan Kumar Nayak,
Pravakar Satapathy,
Debabrata Pradhan,
Kumar Riddhiman Sahoo,
S. K. S. Parashar,
Susanta Kumar Das
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
science of sintering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1820-7413
pISSN - 0350-820X
DOI - 10.2298/sos1801133k
Subject(s) - materials science , nanoparticle , particle size , zinc , scherrer equation , specific surface area , phase (matter) , diffraction , particle (ecology) , solid state , chemical engineering , bet theory , nanotechnology , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , metallurgy , chemistry , optics , chromatography , organic chemistry , physics , adsorption , oceanography , geology , engineering , catalysis
In this work, the ZnO-TiO2 mixed phase nanoparticles were prepared by solid state reaction method by using ZnO and TiO2 powder as precursors. The X-ray diffraction pattern shows a dominant phase of Zinc Orthotitanate (Zn2TiO4). The average particle size (58±18 nm) calculated by the analysing FESEM data closely matches with the particle size calculated by Scherrer’s equation. The calculated average particle size is significantly smaller than the previously published results of nanoparticles, prepared by same method. In the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) study the specific surface area of the nanoparticles was found as 8.78 m2/g which is similar to the surface area reported in this material prepared by mechanochemical method. The method which we report is simpler and cost effective unlike the previous reported.
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