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Polyol-mediated syntheses of crystalline nanosized manganese oxides

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Potassium-type birnessite and lithium-containing manganese oxides were prepared by the polyol process. The Mn(III)/Mn(IV) mixed-valencies compounds are obtained through the controlled reduction of potassium permanganate in a basic water–diethylene glycol mixture at moderate temperature and very short reaction time, 70 °C and 10 min, respectively. Both solids are quite well crystallized and display high specific surface areas, 137 and 329 m2 g−1, respectively. Several polyols with variable chain lengths have been used and it is shown that the nature of the polyol has a marked influence on the textural properties of the birnessite-type solid.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially funded by the French ministry of foreign affairs and the China scholarship council under the Egide Cai Yuanpei French–Chinese program. The authors would like to thank Dr. J. Lomas for constructive discussions and for correcting the manuscript.

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  1. Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, ITODYS, CNRS UMR 7086, 15 rue J.-A. de Baïf, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Guiqiang Diao, François Chau, Jean-Yves Piquemal, Souad Ammar, Sophie Nowak, Hélène Lecoq & P. Decorse

  2. Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Guiqiang Diao & Lin Yu

  3. UPMC-Paris 06, UMR 7197, Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, Sorbonne Universités, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

    Patricia Beaunier

  4. Department of Fundamental and Applied Energetics, ONERA, 91761, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    Mickaël Sicard

  5. UPMC-Paris 06, UMR 8234, Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, Sorbonne Universités, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

    Emmanuel Briot

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Diao, G., Chau, F., Piquemal, JY. et al. Polyol-mediated syntheses of crystalline nanosized manganese oxides. J Nanopart Res 16, 2428 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2428-9

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