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A Facile Approach For The Synthesis Of Porous Hematite And Magnetite Nanoparticles Through Sol-Gel Self-Combustion, Imene Gritli, Afrah Bardaoui, Jamila Ben Naceur, Salah Ammar, Mohammad Abu Haija, Sherif Mohamed Abdel Salam Keshk, Radhouane Chtourou
A Facile Approach For The Synthesis Of Porous Hematite And Magnetite Nanoparticles Through Sol-Gel Self-Combustion, Imene Gritli, Afrah Bardaoui, Jamila Ben Naceur, Salah Ammar, Mohammad Abu Haija, Sherif Mohamed Abdel Salam Keshk, Radhouane Chtourou
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
Porous magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles were prepared via the sol-gel auto-combustion method. The gels were prepared by reacting ferric nitrates (as oxidants) with starch (as fuel) at an elevated temperature of 200 °C. Different ratios (Φ) of ferric nitrates to starch were used for the synthesis (Φ = fuel/oxidant). The synthesized iron oxides were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analysis techniques. The crystal structure, morphology, and specific surface area of the iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 …