Issue 25, 2013

A facile fluorine-mediated hydrothermal route to controlled synthesis of rhombus-shaped Co3O4 nanorod arrays and their application in gas sensing

Abstract

We have successfully synthesized rhombus-shaped Co3O4 nanorod (NR) arrays via a facile fluorine-mediated hydrothermal route involving the formation of Co(OH)F as precursor and then thermal conversion to porous Co3O4. The hydrothermal temperature was critical to the rhombic shape of the nanostructures. At low temperatures, the Co2+ ions interacted with F anions to form CoF+ complexes and then reacted with OH to form rhombus-shaped Co(OH)F. Above 100 °C, the disproportionation of formaldehyde from hydrolysis of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) hindered the formation of Co(OH)F precursor. In this process, CO32− anions direct the dissolution–recrystallization process instead of F anions due to stronger affinity of CO32− to Co2+. During the transformation from the precursor to the oxide, various annealing temperatures affect the gas sensing performance. The synthesized rhombus-shaped Co3O4 NR arrays gas sensor annealed at 450 °C showed the highest sensitivity to ethanol because of good contact, porous structure, good crystallinity, high surface-to-volume ratio and open space.

Graphical abstract: A facile fluorine-mediated hydrothermal route to controlled synthesis of rhombus-shaped Co3O4 nanorod arrays and their application in gas sensing

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Mar 2013
Accepted
15 Apr 2013
First published
16 Apr 2013

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 7511-7518

A facile fluorine-mediated hydrothermal route to controlled synthesis of rhombus-shaped Co3O4 nanorod arrays and their application in gas sensing

Z. Wen, L. Zhu, W. Mei, Y. Li, L. Hu, L. Sun, W. Wan and Z. Ye, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 7511 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11004D

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