A new approach to synthesize nickel nanoparticles

作者:Tao XJ; Li ZW; Chen HJ; Zhang PY; Zhang ZJ*; Wu ZS; Dang HX
来源:Acta Physico - Chimica Sinica, 2005, 21(5): 569-572.
DOI:10.3866/PKU.WHXB20050522

摘要

Nickel nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a replacement reaction of nickelous 2-ethylhexanoate with metal sodium in liquid paraffin under ultrasonic irradiation. The morphology, structure and thermal stability of the samples obtained were characterized with TEM, ED, XRD, XPS and TG. The TEM and ED results reveal that the produced nickel nanoparticles have single crystal structure and their size distribution is relatively narrow.XRD and XPS analyses display that the produced nickel nanoparticles possess the same hexagonal crystal structure as bulk nickel materials and there is a very small fraction of Ni( H) on the surface of the Ni nanoparticles, respectively. In addition, the result of TG indicates that the as-synthesized samples have high thermostability.