Electronic Resource
Copenhagen
:
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Applied crystallography online
33 (2000), S. 478-482
ISSN:
1600-5767
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
NiO-based xerogels were prepared by sol-gel processing starting from the NiCl2-BuOH-H2O system. Structural features associated to the porosity of xerogels were studied by small-angle X-ray scattering. Xerogels heat-treated at low temperatures (423 and 573 K) are composed of hydrated NiCl2 small crystals and exhibit an essentially single mode nanoporous structure with an average pore radius of ∼75 Å. Xerogels heat-treated at 973 and 1173 K are composed of aggregates of NiO crystals which only contain intergrain mesopores with radii exceeding 200 Å. A mixture of phases is observed in xerogels heat-treated at 773 K. Xerogels with a water concentration of 2 mol/(mol NiCl2) exhibit a narrow nanopore size distribution. Water concentrations higher or lower than 2 mol promote the formation of nanoporous structures with wider size distributions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889899014284
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