Synthesis and Characterisation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Tunable Sizes by Hydrothermal Method

Abstract:

The present study investigates the effect of different reaction times on the crystallinity, surface morphology and size of iron oxide nanoparticles. In this synthetic system, aqueous iron (III) nitrate (Fe (NO₃)₃·9H₂O) nonahydrate, provided the iron source and triethylamine was the precipitant and alkaline agent. The as-synthesised iron oxide nanoparticles were characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Prolonged reaction times indicated the change on nanoparticle shape from elongated nanorods to finally distorted nanocubes. Analysis on the crystallinity of the iron oxide nanoparticles suggest that the samples mainly consist of two phases, which are Goethite (α-FeOOH) and Hematite (α-Fe₂O₃) respectively.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1053)
• Pages: 176-181
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-0so8ha
• Online since: February 2022
• Authors: Ioannis Papagiannis*, Mauro S. Innocente, Evangelos I. Gkanas
• Keywords: Hydrothermal Process, Nanostructures, Triethylamine

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