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A Novel Structural Mesoporous Alumina/Yttrium Doped Zirconia Nanocrystalline Composite Derived by Solvothermal Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Hangrong Chen ,
Xin Michael Wang ,
Jianlin Shia ,
Ping Xiao  and
Dongsheng Yan
Hangrong Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Xin Michael Wang
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, The University of Manchester and UMIST, Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
Jianlin Shia*
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
Ping Xiao
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, The University of Manchester and UMIST, Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
Dongsheng Yan
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: jlshi@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn
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Abstract

A novel structural mesoporous alumina (40 mol%)/yttrium doped zirconia nanocrystalline composite has been synthesized by a solvothermal process using ethanol and ethylene glycol as a co-solvent. X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry/differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption are used for the structural characterization. This novel mesoporous alumina/zirconia nanocomposite presents nanocrystalline zirconia particles with a uniform size less than 5 nm surrounded by alumina, forming a kind of core-shell structure after calcined at 800 °C. The mesostructural composite has high surface area (higher than 250 m2/g) and a narrow pore-size distribution of about 3.2 nm throughout the composite sample. The uniformly distributed nanocrystalline zirconia particles and the surrounding wormlike alumina framework act as the inorganic wall for the mesopores.

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CompositeMicrostructureNanoparticle
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 42 - 47
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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