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Solvothermal synthesis of large surface area zirconia

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Abstract

The reaction of zirconium n-propoxide in glycol at 300°C yielded microcrystalline tetragonal zirconia (ZrO2). The crystallite size of the product depended on the carbon number of the glycol and increased in the following order (carbon number of glycol): 2<6<4, which suggested that the heterolytic cleavage of O-C bond of gylcoxide formed by transesterification is the prime factor for the formation of the product. In toluene, zirconium isopropoxide also gave tetragonal zirconia at 300°C, and zirconium tert-butoxide decomposed at 200°C yielding amorphous zirconia, while zirconium n-propoxide was stable at 300°C. These results suggest that the reaction in toluene depends on the structure of the alkyl group of the alkoxides. Thus-obtained tetragonal zirconias maintained large surface areas (90–160 m2/g) even after calcination at 500°C.

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    Masashi Inoue, Hiroshi Kominami & Tomoyuki Inui

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Inoue, M., Kominami, H. & Inui, T. Solvothermal synthesis of large surface area zirconia. Res. Chem. Intermed. 24, 571–579 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1163/156856798X00096

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Keywords

  • Zirconia
  • Crystallite Size
  • Alkoxide
  • Carbon Number
  • Boehmite