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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 606-609 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Gongneng Cailiao/Journal of Functional Materials |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - Apr 2005 |
Keywords
- Dodecylamine
- Mesoporous
- Template
- Zinc sulfide