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Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of hollow hematite microspheres

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Hollow hematite (α-Fe2O3) microspheres with an average diameter of 3-4 μm and a shell thickness of approximate 150 nm was synthesized by a simple hydrothermal route using FeCl3·6H2O solution and acetic acid without using any templates. The hollow microspheres were composed of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with the diameter range from 20 to 40 nm. The effects of reaction parameters such as reaction time, temperature, concentration of FeCl3·6H2O solution, and initial pH on the morphology of the final products were investigated. A possible formation mechanism of hollow α-Fe2O3 microspheres was also proposed, where the acetic acid played a role of etching in the formation of hollow structure.

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  1. Department of Research Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Miyamae cho-7, Kofu, 400-8511, Japan

    Qiang Dong, Nobuhiro Kumada, Yoshinori Yonesaki, Takahiro Takei & Nobukazu Kinomura

  2. State Key Laboratory of Multi-Phase & Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

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Dong, Q., Kumada, N., Yonesaki, Y. et al. Template-free hydrothermal synthesis of hollow hematite microspheres. J Mater Sci 45, 5685–5691 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4634-x

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