Open AccessEffect of ethylene glycol as solvent on the composition and morphology of nickel phosphide
Author(s) -
Ren Lili,
Xu Hanghui
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2018.5174
Subject(s) - ethylene glycol , solvent , phosphide , aqueous solution , nickel , ethylene , chemical engineering , solubility , materials science , morphology (biology) , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , biology , engineering , genetics
Solvent, as one of the important factors, influences the composition and morphology of material during its preparing process. Ethylene glycol, as a good solvent, has good properties such as low toxicity, low cost, relatively high boiling point, good solubility and certain reducibility. Here, the work investigates the effect of ethylene glycol as the solvent on composition and morphology of nickel phosphide and find that the addition of ethylene glycol into aqueous solution will lead the composition of nickel phosphide from the pure Ni 2 P phase to a mixture of Ni 2 P and Ni 12 P 5 , and the morphology from the close packed structure of nanoparticles to the loose structure.