Journal of Solid State Chemistry 179(2006)1757–1761
A simple method of fabricating large-area a -MnO 2
nanowires and nanorods
Yi Liu a,b ,Meng Zhang a ,Junhao Zhang a ,Yitai Qian a,Ã
a
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale,Department of Chemistry,University of Science &Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,PR China
b
Department of Chemistry,Zaozhuang University,Zaozhuang 277100,PR China
Received 20December 2005;received in revid form 14February 2006;accepted 17February 2006
Available online 6March 2006
Abstract
a -MnO 2nanowires or nanorods have been lectively synthesized via the hydrothermal method in nitric acid condition.The a -MnO 2nanowires hold with average diameter of 50nm and lengths ranging between 10and 40m m,using MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane source;meanwhile,a -MnO 2bif
urcate nanorods with average diameter of 100nm were obtained by adopting MnCO 3as starting material.The morphology of a -MnO 2bifurcate nanorods is the first one to be reported in this paper.X-ray powder diffraction (XRD),field scanning electron microscopy (FESEM),transmission electron microscopy (TEM),lected area electron diffraction (SAED)and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM)were ud to characterize the products.Experimental results indicate that the concentrated nitric acid plays a crucial role in the pha purity and morphologies of the products.The possible formation mechanism of a -MnO 2nanowires and nanorods has been discusd.r 2006Elvier Inc.All rights rerved.
Keywords:a -MnO 2;Nanowires and nanorods;Hydrothermal reaction;X-ray powder diffraction (XRD);Field scanning electron microscopy (FESEM);Transmission electron microscope (TEM);Selected area electron diffraction (SAED);High-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM)
1.Introduction
In the past few years,controlling the shape of nanostructures at the mesoscopic level is one of challenging issues prently faced by material scientists [1].Nanowires and nanorods,which are one-
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dimensional (1-D)objects,have stimulated great interest among synthetic material operators due to their peculiar properties and potential application [2–9].Several techniques for the preparation of nanowires or nanorods have been reported,such as the solid–vapor process [2],lar ablation [3],arc discharge [4],electrochemical techniques [5],virus-templating [6],exfo-liating method [7,8],and hydrothermal method [9].As a popular inorganic-function material,mangane dioxide and derivative compound have attracted special attention and been widely ud not only as catalysts,molecular sieves
[10,11],but also as promising candidate materials for cathodes in lithium ion batteries [12–15].Generally speak-ing,a -and g -MnO 2can be converted by electrochemical Li +intercalation into cubic spinel,Li 1Àx Mn 2O 4,which has channels through which Li +can move [13,14].Recently,many efforts have been focud on preparing mangane oxide 1-D nanostructures,and their synthesis methods are generally bad on the redox reactions of MnO 4Àand/or
Mn 2+
[16–23].For example:Y.D.Li et al.[20,21]reported a lected-control low-temperature hydrothermal method of synthesizing 1-D MnO 2nanostructure through the
oxidation of Mn 2+by S 2O 82À,MnO 4À
toyor ClO
Àwithout any existence of catalysts or templates;Z.Q.Li et al.[22]provided a simple room-temperature solution-bad cata-lytic route to fabricate a novel hierarchical structure of a -MnO 2core-shell spheres with spherically aligned nanor-ods on a large scale.The previous experimental results indicated that a -MnO 2tended to form in acidic conditions,the pH of solution had crucial effect on the formation of 1-D nanostructural a -MnO 2[23].The influence of the
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anion on growth of the products had been investigated by Kijima et al.[19],and their results showed that a -MnO 2could be prepared in concentrated H 2SO 4rather than HCl or HNO 3.Thus far,the synt
hesis of a -MnO 2nanowires or nanorods has ldom been reported under concentrated nitric acidic conditions.
Here we report a novel,large-area synthesis method for obtaining nanowires and nanorods with uniform sizes.The a -MnO 2nanowires have average diameter of 50nm and lengths of 10–40m m,using MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane source;meanwhile,a -MnO 2bifurcate nanorods with average diameter of 100nm were obtained by adopting MnCO 3as starting material.In our prentation,we choo concentrated nitric acid as acid source to tune the pH of the system.Our experiments show that pure-pha a -MnO 2can be readily obtained in a wide range of nitric acid concentrations.This result may be a uful comple-mentarity to previous experimental results that a -MnO 2could be only produced in H 2SO 4surroundings.2.Experimental procedure
All the reagents of analytical grade were purchad from Shanghai Chemical Reagent Company and ud without further purification.In a typical procedure,1mmol MnSO 4ÁH 2O or MnCO 3and 2mmol KClO 3powders were successively put into a beaker with 15mL concen-trated nitric acid,the solution was magnetically stirred for 20min at 801C to form brown colloid.The slurry solution was transferred into a 50mL stainless-steel autoclave with a Teflon-liner,the beaker was washed with 25–30mL distilled water,and washing solution was put into above-mentioned Teflon-liner.The autoclave was
aled and maintained at 1201C for 12h,then air cooled to room temperature.The brown products were filtered off,washed veral times with distilled water and absolute ethanol,and then dried in vacuum at 801C for 1h.
The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD)pattern of the as-prepared samples was determined using a Philips X’Pert PRO SUPER X-ray diffractometer equipped with graphite
monochromatized Cu K a radiation (l ¼1:541874A)
in the 2y ranging from 101to 701.The morphology and size of the final products were determined by field scanning electron microscopy (FESEM)images,taken with JEOL-6700F scanning electronic microanalyzer.Transmission electron microscope (TEM)image and lected area electron
diffraction (SAED)pattern,which were characterized by Hitachi H-800TEM with a tungsten filament and an accelerating voltage of 200kV.High-resolution transmis-sion electron microscope (HRTEM)image was recorded on a JEOL 2010microscope.The samples ud for TEM and HRTEM characterization were disperd in absolute ethanol and were ultrasonicated before obrvation.3.Results and discussion
The synthesis of a -MnO 2nanowires and nanorods is bad on the hydrothermal method in a strong acidic (nitric acid)circumstance.The experimental results by using nitric acid as acidification agent,different mangane sources,and KClO 3as the oxidizer are summarized in Table 1.Under our experimental conditions,the different size and morphological products can be obtained by varying the concentration of nitric acid.
From this table we can e that only under concentrated nitric acid condition pure a -MnO 2can be obtained.The volume of concentrated nitric acid can be in the range of 3–20mL.The yields and morphology change greatly when different amounts of nitric acid were introduced.We found that the most optimal conditions of obtaining uniform a -MnO 2nanowires were fixed on 15mL concentrated nitric acid and reaction temperature of 1201C.Moreover,when different Mn compounds were lected as starting materi-als,the size and morphologies can be changed greatly,as shown in the lines 1and 4of Table 1.The result of experiments clearly indicates concentrated nitric acid plays a crucial role in the formation of a -MnO 2with 1-D structure.
The pha and purity of the products were firstly examined by XRD.Fig.1shows a typical XRD pattern of the as-synthesized samples at 1201C for 12h,all the reflection peaks can be readily indexed to body-centered tetragonal a -MnO 2pha (space group I 4/m ),with lattice
constants of a ¼9:816A,
and c ¼2:853A,which are in agreement with the standard values (JCPDS 72-1982,
a ¼9:815A;
c ¼2:847A Þ.No other pha was detecte
d in Fig.1indicating th
e high purity o
f the final products.The morphologies and structure information were further obtained from FESEM,TEM and SAED.Fig.2provides FESEM images of the as-prepared a -MnO 2single-crystal nanowires.Figs.2(a)and (b)are the low-and high-magnification FESEM images of the as-prepared a -MnO 2
Table 1
Summary of the results on the products obtained under different mangane sources,the content of
concentrated nitric acid and reaction temperature for 12h,using KClO 3as the oxidizer Sample no.Mangane source Concentrated nitric acid (mL)Reaction temperature (1C)Product morphology 1MnSO 4ÁH 2O 15120a -MnO 2nanowires 2MnSO 4ÁH 2O 0120Nonexistence of MnO 23MnSO 4ÁH 2O 0180Minor b -MnO 2
4MnCO 315120Flowery a -MnO 2nanorods 5
MnCO 3
120
Nonexistence of MnO 2
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single-crystal nanowires when MnSO 4ÁH 2O rved as mangane source.The images show that the products of a -MnO 2consisted of a large quantity of uniform nanowires,with diameters of 50nm and lengths up to veral hundreds of micrometers.Fig.3(a)shows the TEM image of as-prepa
red a -MnO 2nanowires,and the TEM images further demonstrate that the obtained product has a uniform wire-like morphology.The results reveal the product of a -MnO 2was compod of nanowires.The diameters and lengths of nanowires were consistent with
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Fig.2.Low-magnification FESEM image (a)and high-magnification FESEM image (b)of a -MnO 2nanowires (MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane
source).
Fig.3.TEM images of as-prepared single-crystal a -MnO 2nanowires (a),TEM image (b),SAED pattern (c)and HRTEM image (d)of the single a -MnO 2nanowire.
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tho of FESEM results.The TEM image (Fig.3(b))of reprentative single nanowires and HRTEM obrvation for individual nanowire provide additional insight into the structure of a -MnO 2with MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane source.The typical SAED pattern of the single a -MnO 2nanowire is shown in the int of Fig.3(c).Fig.3(d)is the HRTEM image taken from the single a -MnO 2nanowire,which shows the clearly resolved lattice fringes.The
parated spacings of 2.73and 3.12A
correspond to ð101Þand (310)planar of a -MnO 2,respectively.This image clearly reveals that the as-synthesized nanowire has no defect of dislocation and further substantiates that the nanowires are single crystalline,which is consistent with the SAED pattern.According to HRTEM image and SAED p
attern recorded on the single a -MnO 2nanowire,the deduced growth direction of nanowire is ½101 .
If MnCO 3was introduced into the reaction system,the products are mainly compod of nanorods,as revealed by the corresponding FESEM images.Figs.4(a)and (b)are the low-and high-magnification FESEM images of the as-prepared a -MnO 2nanorods with MnCO 3as mangane source.The low-magnification FESEM image (Fig.4(a))reveals that the product of a -MnO 2is consisted of a large quantity of flowery nanorods with average diameter of 100nm.Fig.4(b)is the high-magnification FESEM image of the as-prepared a -MnO 2,in which we em to obrve obvious features of bifurcate rod-like structure.It is worth to note that the morphology of a -MnO 2bifurcate nanorods has never been reported previously.Comparing Figs.4(a)and (b)to Figs.2(a)and (b),it can be found that the nanowires with MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane source are much slenderer than the bifurcate nanorods with MnCO 3as mangane source.
Generally,pH is believed to have great impact on the crystal forms of final products [17,19,24,25].In our experiment,a ries of hydrothermal synthesis were carried out in a wide range of acidity with pH value less than 7,we found that the final products to be a -MnO 2nanowires or nanorods with 1-D morphology whether MnSO 4ÁH 2O or MnCO 3as mangane source.Therefore,this method is very effective for the large-scale synthesis of a -MnO 2with 1-D nanostructures.
The influence of the reaction time on the growth of the nanowires and nanorods was investigated.The correspond-ing samples were tested by FESEM.Fig.5shows FESEM images of the as-obtained samples measured (a)after 0.5h,(b)after 3h,(c)after 6h,(d)after 12h,and other conditions kept constant at the same time.Thereinto,Figs.5(a)–(d)are FESEM images of the products with MnSO 4ÁH 2O as mangane source.As can be en,the reaction lasted for 0.5h;the products were compod of aggregated particles (e Fig.5(a)).When the reaction time
heavenFig.4.Low-magnification FESEM image (a)and high-magnification FESEM image (b)of a -MnO 2nanorods (MnCO 3as mangane
source).
Fig.5.The FESEM images of products obtained by heating in the acidic solution for various reaction times,MnSO 4ÁH 2O (a–d)as mangane source:(a)0.5h,(b)3h,(c)6h,(d)12h and MnCO 3(e–h)as mangane source:(e)0.5h,(f)3h,(g)6h,(h)12h.
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prolonged to3h,on the surfaces of the particles,lamellar structures appeared,and some of the lamellar split to tiny nanowires,indicating the beginning of the formation of a-MnO2nanowires(e Fig.5(b)).This process continued and more nanowires formed after6h(e Fig.5(c)).Until the reaction time was extended to12h,most of the products are nanowires with average diameter of50nm and lengths ranging between10and40m m,as shown in Fig.5(d).Further elongating the reaction time shows little effects on the size and pha-purity of the products. This growth process is similar to the results of C.Z.Wu et al.[26],we call this a‘‘rolling-broken-growth’’process. According to above results and previous rearch [20,21,27],the possible formation mechanism of a-MnO2 nanowires by adopting MnSO4ÁH2O as mangane source could be explained as follows:(1)when temperature was maintained at801C,the interaction of KClO3and mangane source with Mn2+ion happened only when concentrated nitric acid exists.In the synthetic process,a large number of the MnO2colloidal particles had been formed in concentrated nitric acid before hydrothermal operation.(2)Under hydrothermal conditions,owing to the abnce of surfactants,the MnO2colloidal particles are prone to aggregate and form bigger particles.(3)The surface of aggregated big particles grows gradually into sheets of a-MnO2with lamellar structure through an elevated temperature and pressure,and then the sheets of a-MnO2will curl by extending reaction time to form a-MnO21-D nanostructres.(4)Much evidence has demonstrated that the lamellar structure had a strong tendency
to form1-D nanostructures[20,27].The structure of a-MnO2compris a macromolecular lamellar net with octahedral[MnO6]units coordinated Mn and O atoms [20],which can give ri to formation of1-D nanostruc-tures.As the layer structure of a-MnO2is in a metastable state,the sheets of a-MnO2with lamellar structure split into nanowires.(5)Anisotropic nature of crystal growth makes thefinal products turn into a large number of uniform a-MnO2nanowires.Moreover,we found when MnCO3rves as mangane source,a similar growth procedure was obrved,as shown in Figs.5(e)–(h).We believe this a-MnO21-D nanostructural formation process is universal despite different mangane sources were involved in the hydrothermal process.This obrvation may spread to other nanomaterials synthesis.The above mechanism is in good agreement with our experiment results.
4.Conclusion
In summary,a-MnO2nanowires and nanorods with a uniform diameter have been successfully synthesized on a large scale via a simple nitric-acid-assisted hydrothermal process at low temperature.It belongs tofirstly report that the morphology of a-MnO2bifurcate nanorods can be acquired when MnCO3rves as mangane source.The concentrated nitric acid plays a crucial role in the formation of a-MnO2nanowires and nanorods.This experimental result is different from the pre
vious conclu-sion that the concentrated nitric acid ems to be an unfavorable condition to form a-MnO2.This obrvation may be expanded to synthesize other nanomaterials. Acknowledgments
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the973Project of China is greatly appreciated.
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