Structural, magnetic and catalytic properties of cobalt chromite obtained through precursor method

[Display omitted] •CoCr2O4 was synthesized through the tartarate and gluconate precursor routes.•Both routes led to the formation of the single-phase CoCr2O4.•The crystallite size was in the range of 14–21nm.•CoCr2O4 samples presented ferrimagnetic ordering below Currie temperature Tc=97K.•CoCr2O4 s...

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Published in:Materials research bulletin 2015-02, Vol.62, p.52-64
Main Authors: Gingasu, Dana, Mindru, Ioana, Culita, Daniela C., Patron, Luminita, Calderon-Moreno, Jose Maria, Osiceanu, Petre, Preda, Silviu, Oprea, Ovidiu, Parvulescu, Viorica, Teodorescu, Valentin, Walsh, James P.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A. Oxides
ADSORPTION
B. Chemical synthesis
C. Transmission electron microscopy
C. X-ray diffraction
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHROMITES
COBALT COMPOUNDS
CRYSTALLIZATION
D. Magnetic properties
DESORPTION
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
METHANE
MORPHOLOGY
NANOPARTICLES
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
THERMAL ANALYSIS
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
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Summary:[Display omitted] •CoCr2O4 was synthesized through the tartarate and gluconate precursor routes.•Both routes led to the formation of the single-phase CoCr2O4.•The crystallite size was in the range of 14–21nm.•CoCr2O4 samples presented ferrimagnetic ordering below Currie temperature Tc=97K.•CoCr2O4 samples presented catalytic performance in the total oxidation of CH4. Cobalt chromite (CoCr2O4) was synthesized through the precursor method. The precursors: (NH4)3[CoCr2(C4O6H4)4(OH)3]·4H2O, (NH4)3[CoCr2(C6O7H10)4(C6O7H9)]·5H2O were characterized by elemental chemical analysis, infrared (IR) and ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy, and thermal analysis. The final oxides were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM/TEM), UV–vis, IR, Raman spectroscopy (RS), magnetic measurements, N2 adsorption–desorption analyses and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XRD confirmed the cubic CoCr2O4 phase only and determined average crystallite sizes between 14 and 21nm. Electron microscopy revealed morphology corresponding to the complete crystallization into cubic CoCr2O4. All the samples presented ferrimagnetic ordering below the Currie temperature (Tc), and a phase transition at Ts ∼26K attributed to the onset of long-range spiral magnetic order. The CoCr2O4 nanoparticles generated through the gluconate route following calcination at 700°C for 1h were found to have the best catalytic activity in the total oxidation of methane.
ISSN:0025-5408
1873-4227
DOI:10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.11.009