Green gelatine-assisted sol–gel synthesis of ultrasmall nickel oxide nanoparticles

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Jahromi, Siamak Pilban and Huang, Nay Ming and Muhamad, Muhamad Rasat and Lim, Hong Ngee (2013) Green gelatine-assisted sol–gel synthesis of ultrasmall nickel oxide nanoparticles. Ceramics International, 39 (4). pp. 3909-3914. ISSN 0272-8842; ESSN: 1873-3956

Abstract

Nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO NPs) were synthesised using a sol–gel method in a gelatinous medium. Gelatine was used as a size-limiting polymerisation agent for the growth of NiO NPs. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that increasing the calcination temperature increased the crystallite size and decreased the size of the lattice constant. The size-strain plot method (SSP) was used to measure the individual contribution of grain sizes and micro strain on the peak broadening of NiO NPs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed the ultrasmall size of the NiO NPs with a narrow size distribution(10±0.2 nm). The band gap value of NiO NPs was calculated using ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy and decreased with increased calcination temperature.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.10.237
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Sol-gel; Grain size; Nanoparticles; Nickel oxide
Depositing User:	Umikalthom Abdullah
Date Deposited:	30 May 2014 00:07
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2016 09:26
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29988
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