In recent years, spinel-type compounds have attracted great interest because of their gem-like qualities. However, little is known of their gas sensing properties. We report, in this paper, on a self-assembly method to prepare porous ZnCo2O4 (ZCO) nano/microspheres by a facile one-step solvothermal process and subsequent annealing. Abundant techniques were used to characterize the morphology an...

In recent years, the research on supercapacitors has ushered in an explosive growth, which mainly focuses on seeking nano-/micro-materials with high energy and power densities. Herein, this review will be arranged from three aspects. We will summarize the controllable architectures of spinel NiCo₂O₄ fabricated by various approaches. Then, we introduce their performances as supercapacitors due t...

A spinel LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 (LMNO) cathode material synthesized by a sol-gel method is modified by MgF2 nano-coating via a wet coating strategy. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) showed that the MgF2 nano-coating layers do not physically change the bulk structur...

The magnetic properties of calcined cobalt ferrite formed by nano-crystalline powders have been compared by two different methods (co-precipitation and hydrothermal). The structural properties of the produced powders were investigated by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the formation of cobalt ferrite spinel structures is effected by changing me...

The successful application of various nanoplatforms in medicine under in vitro conditions has generated some interest in medicine-nanotechnology. The spinel-type MnZn ferrite nano powders were synthesized by Solution Combustion Synthesis (SCS) method. The important classes of soft magnetic materials Mn-Zn ferrites have high magnetic permeability and low power losses.Mn-Zn-Fe2O4 have a spinal st...

Nanocrystalline undoped and 5% Mn doped ZnO powders are synthesized by sol-gel route using constituent nitrate and citrate precursors. The physico-chemical characterizations of powders calcined at various temperatures (400-1100 ̊C), are performed using techniques (XRD and SQUID) to study structural, nano/microstructural, and magnetic properties. XRD patterns clearly revealed the evolution of ma...

Anisotropic nano-plate structures in self-assembled perovskite-spinel thin films, BiFeO3-NiFe2O4 and BiFeO3-CoFe2O4, which were deposited on (001)c SrRuO3/SrTiO3 and DyScO3 substrates, respectively, have been demonstrated using transmission electron microscopy combined with strain analysis. Unlike the unitary cube-on-cube orientation relationship reported widely, the growth direction of the CoF...

The effects of lithium doping on the sintering and grain growth of non-stoichiometric nano-sized magnesium aluminate spinel were studied using a spark plasma sintering (SPS) apparatus. Li-doped nano-MgO·nAl₂O₃ spinel (n = 1.06 and 1.21) powders containing 0, 0.20, 0.50 or 1.00 at. % Li were synthesized by the solution combustion method and dense specimens were processed using a SPS apparatus at...

Two Cu-Co and Co3O4 oxides were synthesized by the conventional sol-gel auto-combustion and their physical-chemical properties were characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM, TPR and XPS. The XRD results indicated that copper-cobalt oxide appeared in a mixture form of Cu0.15Co2.85O4 spinel and CuO phases, whereas the cobalt oxide exhibited in the pure form of Co3O4 spinel. The FTIR approved the formation...

The manganese ferrite spinel was synthesized by co-precipitation. The nano sized manganese ferrite characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron micrograph (SEM), tunneling electron micrograph (TEM) and Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) techniques. The adsorption ability of malachite green (MG) from the aqueous solution by manganese ferrite was investigated. It was found that pH value...