Assisted spray pyrolysis production and characterisation of ZnO nanoparticles with narrow size distribution

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 615-622

  Turner, S ^a   Tavernier, S M F ^b   Huyberechts, G ^c   Biermans, E ^a   Bals, S ^a   Batenburg, K J ^a   Van Tendeloo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Industrial Sciences and Technology   (Belgium)

^c UMICORE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(HR)TEM; Citric acid assisted spray pyrolysis; Electron tomography; Nanoparticles; Synthesis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHARACTERISATION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; MONOCRYSTALLINE; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; NANO-SIZED; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SYNTHESIS; TEM; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; ZINC NITRATES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO PARTICLES;

ACIDS; CITRIC ACID; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

CITRIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC ION; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77955768619     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9630-1     Document Type: Article

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