Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 436.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140670

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Preparation of β-MnO2 and α-Mn2O3 Nanorods via a Self-sacrificing Template Route and Their Characterization and Application

ZHAO Hongyuan, LIU Xingquan*(), ZHANG Zheng, WU Yue, YANG Guang, CHEN Bing, XIONG Weiqiang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • Received:2014-07-18 Online:2015-03-10 Published:2015-02-04
  • Contact: LIU Xingquan E-mail:Lxquan@uestc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21071026) and the Outstanding Talent Introduction Project of University of Electronic Science and Technology, China(No.08JC00303)

Abstract:

Pure-phased γ-MnOOH nanorods were synthesized at 150 ℃ for 20 h through a hydrothermal reaction process, during which KMnO4 was reduced by CH3CH2OH under autogeneror pressure. With γ-MnOOH nanorods as self-sacrificing template, β-MnO2 and α-Mn2O3 nanorods were prepared by calcining at 350 and 600 ℃ for 90 min, respectively. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and thermal-gravimetric analysis(TGA). The results showed that γ-MnOOH nanorods had good crystallographic quality and the diameters were about 100—300 nm, the length could be as long as several micrometers. The morphology and microstructure were well reserved in β-MnO2 and α-Mn2O3 products and no other morphology of impurities was observed. With β-MnO2 and α-Mn2O3 nanorods as manganese sources, spinel LiMn2O4 samples were prepared by solid state method. At the charge/discharge rate of 0.5 C, the LiMn2O4 samples could deliver the initial discharge capacities of 120.4 and 123.9 mA·h/g, respectively, and present good cycling stability and rate performance.

Key words: β-MnO2, α-Mn2O3, Nanorod, Self-sacrificing template route

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