Journal article
Two-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanoflower-Like Architectures: A General Growth Method and Their Applications in Energy Storage and as Model Materials for Nanofabrication
Tao Tao, Ying Chen, Yanhui Chen, Daniel S Fox, Hongzhou Zhang, Mengqi Zhou, Massimo Raveggi, Anders J Barlow, Alexey M Glushenkov
CHEMPLUSCHEM | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH | Published : 2017
Abstract
Nanoflower-like architectures represent a unique type of nanomaterials in which thin 2D nanosheets are self-organised into interconnected structures. Lack of restacking between nanosheets and significant internal porosity are the particular advantages of such nanoscale architectures. A general method for the preparation of nanoflowers of a range of oxides (e.g., FeTiO3 , TiO2 , Mn2 O3 ) through a two-step procedure of ball milling and subsequent hydrothermal treatment is outlined. Importantly, the synthetic method is valid not only for a single oxide, but is extendable to a family of oxide materials. It is established that the formation of the nanoflowers from ball-milled powders follows a d..
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Awarded by Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China
Awarded by Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China
Funding Acknowledgements
The present study was performed with the support of the Deakin Advanced Characterisation Facility and partial financial support from the Discovery grant from the Australian Research Council. T.T. acknowledges financial support from the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (grant no. 201607010110) and Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (grant no. 2016A010104014). This study was performed in part at the Victorian node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility, a company established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to provide nano and micro-fabrication facilities for Australia's researchers.