Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous ZnS

Jia Li, Guang Hui Ning, Xiao Peng Zhao

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Abstract

Mesoporous zinc sulfide was synthesized by a natural templating route in which dodecylamine was chosen as the template-directing agent. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nitrogen adsorption-desorption were used to analyze the morphological characteristics of the obtained products. After removing the templates by solvent extraction method, the mesoporous structure remained stably with a high surface area of 223 m2/g and a narrow pore diameter distribution of 4.9 nm. Furthermore, according to the results being from X-ray diffraction, the obtained mesoporous could be indexed to a cubic ZnS structure. Finally, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to investigate the role of organic template played in connecting the obtained mesoporous structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)606-609
Number of pages4
JournalGongneng Cailiao/Journal of Functional Materials
Volume36
Issue number4
StatePublished - Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Dodecylamine
  • Mesoporous
  • Template
  • Zinc sulfide

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