Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Investigation on the substituent effects of homodinuclear cobalt(II) complexes of tetraiminediphenol macrocycle on the synthesis of pure Co3O4 nanoparticles

  • Published:
Bulletin of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Homodinuclear cobalt(II) complexes of the tetraiminediphenol macrocycle were synthesized by employing the process of Schiff base condensation reaction of 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol and 4-substituted-o-phenylenediamines in the presence of cobalt(II) template. The spectroscopic techniques and mass spectrometry were utilized so as to carry out the characterization for the obtained complexes. On implementing thermal analysis, the complexes were found to exhibit high thermal stability such that they form Co3O4 nanoparticles on thermal decomposition. The diffraction peaks appearing in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra indicated that the nanoparticles were crystalline in nature. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to identify the surface morphology of Co3O4 nanoparticles. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was undertaken so as to check the chemical purity and stoichiometry of Co3O4 nanoparticles. The size of Co3O4 nanoparticles of all the four complexes was found to be 20–40 nm resulting out of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) which also showed that the nanoparticles were spherical in shape. It has been authenticated with experimental evidence that the substituent present on the macrocycles has made substantial impact on the surface morphology, particle size and band gap of Co3O4. UV–Vis spectroscopic technique clearly reveals the quantum confinement effects of the title material.

Graphic abstract

Synthesis of homogeneous, spherical shaped nanocrystalline Co3O4 using homodinuclear Co(II)complexes of tetraiminediphenol macrocycle as precursor for the first time by thermal decomposition.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Lekhetho S M, Kutloano E S and Tebello N 2020 Inorg. Chim. Acta 509 119661

  2. Zhao H and Douglas E P 2002 Chem. Mater. 14 1418

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Kim J Y, Kim H M, Shin D H and Ihn K 2006 J. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 207 925

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ryan E M and Stephen J A 2010 Coord. Chem. Rev. 254 1686

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Manna L, Scher E C, Li L and Alivisatos A P 2002 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 7136

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Hu J, Li L S, Wang L W, Manna L and Alivisatos A 2001 Science 292 2060

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Peng X 2003 Adv. Mater. 15 459

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Peng Z A and Peng X G 2002 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 3343

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Lee S M, Jun Y W, Cho S N and Cheon J 2002 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 11244

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Jun Y W, Jung Y Y and Cheon J 2002 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 615

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Kai Bo Z, Pei Yi G, Min Z, Yu Qing Z, Yuan B and Jing L 2020 Mater. Lett. 280 128558

  12. Majid K K, Ahmad A D, Hamid O, Mehran J, Zahed A, Jean J D et al 2019 J. Alloys Compd. 805 924

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Muhammad A, Sonia Z, Muhammad F W, Philips O A and Imran S 2020 J. Mater. Res. Technol. 9 12697

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Li Y G, Tan B and Wu Y Y 2008 Nano Lett. 8 265

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Farhadi S, Safabakhsh J and Zaringhadam P 2013 J. Nanostruct. Chem. 3 69

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Mate V R, Shirai M and Rode C V 2013 Catal. Commun. 3 66

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Li T, Yang S G, Huang L S, Gu B X and Du Y W 2004 Nanotechnology 15 1479

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Casas-Cabanas M, Binotto G, Larcher D, Lecup A, Giordani V and Tarascon J M 2009 Chem. Mater. 21 1939

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Li W-Y, Xu L-N and Chen J 2005 Adv. Funct. Mater. 15 851

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Zhuo L H, Ge J C, Cao L H and Tang B 2009 Cryst. Growth Des. 9 1

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Sun L, Li H, Ren L and Hu C 2009 Solid State Sci. 11 108

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Yang L, Kuikun G, Tianye Y and Mingzhe Z 2019 J. Energy Storage 21 362

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Li L, Chu Y, Liu Y, Song J L, Wang D and Du X W 2008 Mater. Lett. 62 1507

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Jing W, Xiaoyu H, Da L, Bruce E L, Jia L, Zhaohan Z et al 2020 Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 276 119102

  25. Du J, Chai L, Wang G, Li K and Qian Y 2008 Aust. J. Chem. 61 153

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Jixing W, Cheng W and Mengmeng Z 2019 Chem. Eng. Trans. 356 1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Li Y, Zhao J, Dan Y, Ma D, Zhao Y, Hou S et al 2011 Chem. Eng. J. 166 428

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Sun H, Ahmad M and Zhu J 2013 Electrochim. Acta 89 199

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Ren M, Yuan S, Su L and Zhou Z 2012 Solid State Sci. 14 451

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Marcel M, Charan K N, Colin G, Heinrich L and Stefan E S 2017 RSC Adv. 7 50269

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Shmatok Y V, Globa N I and Kirillov S A 2017 Electrochim. Acta 245 88

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Ramakrishna I and Tapan K S 2019 Mater. Today 9 458

    Google Scholar 

  33. Piyali B, Sachin S, Yusuke Y, Zeid A A, Zhong-Li W and Rajaram B 2021 J. Colloid Interface Sci. 582 322

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Brayan M, Maria G V F, Josue M G, Fabricio M B, Fabio A P S, Murilo P M et al 2019 Mater. Chem. Phys. 226 318

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Meenatchi B, Sathiya Lakshmi V, Manikandan A, Renuga V, Sharmila A, Nandhine Deve K R et al 2017 J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 27 446

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Kavitha T, Haider S, Kamal T and Ul-Islam M 2017 J. Alloys Compd. 704 296

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Bolong J, Jiaojing Z, Yanguang C, Hua S, Tianzhen H and Junhu K 2020 RSC Adv. 10 30214

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. Tariq A H A, Lary H S, Hersh A K and Shaida A K 2017 J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron. 28 1951

    Google Scholar 

  39. Muhammad R S A J 2019 Open Chem. 17 865

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. Meghdadi S, Amirnasr M, Zhiani M, Jallili F, Jari M and Kiani M 2017 Electrocatalysis 8 122

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  41. Masoud S N and Afsaneh K 2014 C. R. Chim. 17 352

    Article  Google Scholar 

  42. Kavitha T, Parameswari K, Kuppusamy K and Yuvaraj H 2011 Mater. Lett. 65 1482

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. Kumar D S and Alexander V 1999 Polyhedron 18 1561

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  44. Kumar D S and Alexander V 1995 Inorg. Chim. Acta 238 63

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  45. Kumar D S, Aruna V A J and Alexander V 1999 Polyhedron 18 3123

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. James S, Kumar D S and Alexander V 1999 J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 11 1773

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. Janusz G and Katarzyna S 2020 Polyhedron 181 114433

  48. Laura M T, Qiuran W, Sam H B, Peng C, Jia Q, Michael R G et al 2021 Polyhedron 198 115044

  49. Pushpanathan V and Kumar D S 2014 J. Nanostruct. Chem. 4 95

    Article  Google Scholar 

  50. Garcia V P, Yazigi D V, Cabrera A, Galvez P V, Arriagada M, Leon D R et al 2009 Polyhedron 28 2335

    Article  Google Scholar 

  51. Nakamoto K 1978 Infrared and Raman spectra inorganic and coordination compounds (New York: Wiley Interscience) 3rd edn

  52. Guerriero P, Casellato U, Tamburini S, Vigato P A and Graziani R 1987 Inorg. Chim. Acta 129 127

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  53. Lever A B P 1984 Inorganic electronic spectroscopy (Amsterdam: Elsevier) 2nd edn

  54. Mohamed G G and El-Gamel N E A 2004 Spectrochim. Acta A 60 3141

    Article  Google Scholar 

  55. Lloret F, Julve M, Cano J, Garcia R R and Pardo E 2008 Inorg. Chim. Acta 361 3432

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  56. Omar M and Mohamed G 2005 Spectrochim. Acta: Part A 61 929

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  57. Aruna V A J and Alexander V 1996 Inorg. Chim. Acta 249 93

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  58. Khalaji A D, Nikookar M and Das D 2014 J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 115 409

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  59. Scherrer P and Gottingen N G W 1918 Math. Phys. 2 98

    Google Scholar 

  60. Farhadi S and Safabakhsh J 2012 J. Alloys Compd. 515 180

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  61. He T, Chen D R, Jiao X L, Wang Y L and Duan Y Z 2005 Chem. Mater. 17 4023

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  62. Tauc J, Grigorovici R and Vancu A 1966 Phys. Status Solidi 15 627

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  63. Kandula S and Jeevanandam P 2015 RSC Adv. 5 5295

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  64. Mostafa Y N 2013 Mater. Lett. 94 112

    Article  Google Scholar 

  65. Yang L, Guan W, Bai B, Xu Q and Xiang Y 2010 J. Alloys Compd. 504 L10

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  66. Gu F, Li C, Hu Y and Zhang L 2007 J. Cryst. Growth 304 369

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  67. Mostafa Y N and Ibrahim S A 2012 Mater. Res. Bull. 47 2638

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

VP is grateful to Dr Samar Kumar Das as well as UGC-NRC, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, for having given the facility to do the required characterizations.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Kings Engineering College, Sriperumbudur, 602117, India

    V Pushpanathan

  2. Department of Physics, Kings Engineering College, Sriperumbudur, 602117, India

    S Sahaya Jude Dhas

  3. Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai, 600034, India

    D Suresh Kumar

Authors
  1. V Pushpanathan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S Sahaya Jude Dhas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. D Suresh Kumar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V Pushpanathan.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Pushpanathan, V., Dhas, S.S.J. & Kumar, D.S. Investigation on the substituent effects of homodinuclear cobalt(II) complexes of tetraiminediphenol macrocycle on the synthesis of pure Co3O4 nanoparticles. Bull Mater Sci 44, 279 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-021-02562-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-021-02562-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation