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Mesoporous nanocrystalline zirconium oxide: novel preparation and photoluminescence property

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A novel strategy involving the combination of soft-templating and solid–liquid method (CSSL) is presented to synthesize mesoporous nanocrystalline zirconia with high specific surface area, that is, the mesostructured zirconia hybrid is firstly synthesized via cooperative assembly between zirconium sulphate as inorganic precursor and 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C16mim+Br−) as the structure-directing agent, and subsequently ground with solid magnesium nitrate salt followed by heat-treatment in air. The resulting zirconia material after calcination at 600 °C possesses a wormlike arrangement of mesopores surrounded by tetragonal ZrO2 nanocrystallites of ca. 2.3 nm. The BET surface area is 255 m2/g and the pore size is ca. 4.3 nm. However, no mesoporous structure exists in the obtained zirconia material via the simple soft-templating method at the same calcination temperature. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the obtained mesoporous nanocrystalline ZrO2 show a strong emission peak at ca. 394 nm under UV excitation of 250 nm wavelength.

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This research is financially supported by the Key Project Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (No: 105104), the Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 50572057), the Middle-aged and Youthful Excellent Scientist Encouragement Foundation of Shandong (No: 2005BS11003), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No: Z2006B02), the Scientific and Technological Development Project of Shandong Province (No: 2007GG20006002).

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    Hongwei Che, Shuhua Han, Wanguo Hou, Aifeng Liu, Shasha Wang, Yuanyuan Sun & Xiaoyan Cui

  2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China

    Wanguo Hou

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Che, H., Han, S., Hou, W. et al. Mesoporous nanocrystalline zirconium oxide: novel preparation and photoluminescence property. J Porous Mater 18, 57–67 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-010-9356-6

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