Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Characterization of α-Ni(OH)2/SiO2 Submicrosphere
and α-Ni(OH)2 Hollow Submicrosphere

LOU Zai-Liang, LI Qun-Yan, WANG Zhi-Hong, WEI Qi, NIE Zuo-Ren   

  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100022, China
  • Received:2008-06-10 Revised:2008-08-28 Published:2009-03-20 Online:2009-03-20

Abstract: The nearly monodisperse SiO2 submicrospheres with uniform size (270nm) were prepared by the hydrolysis of TEOS. Then the SiO2 submicrospheres were coated with α-Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes by a new solution growth method. The Ni(OH)2 nanoflakes were synthesized by a solution process using hydrofluoric acid solution as nickel ion ligand to form nickel-fluoro complex, NH3 aqueous solution as OH- supplier and also supplemental nickel ion ligand. The coating thickness is increased with coating times. It is only 35nm for coating once. After coating three times, the coating thickness is increased to about 100nm. The α-Ni(OH)2 hollow submicrospheres are obtained after subsequent removal of the core particles by NaOH solution(20wt%) at 40℃ for 24h. BET calculation shows that the surface area of the Ni(OH)2 hollow spheres is 141.06m2/g.

Key words: α-nickel hydroxide, silica, core/shell, hollow structure

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