Synthesis of Zirconia Oxide (ZrO 2 ) Nanofibers on Zirconnia Substrates by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis

Zirconia oxide (ZrO sub(2)) nanofibers were synthesized using Phosphorus/water mixture as catalyst by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis CVD on the zirconia substrate at 900 degree C for 1 h in N sub(2) gas. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) exam...

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Published inMaterials sciences and applications Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 193 - 198
Main Authors Zhang, Jianhui, Li, Wei, Tanji, Takayoshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2014
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Summary:Zirconia oxide (ZrO sub(2)) nanofibers were synthesized using Phosphorus/water mixture as catalyst by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis CVD on the zirconia substrate at 900 degree C for 1 h in N sub(2) gas. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) examinations show that all the synthesized nanofibers have uniform surface morphology and their diameters are in the range of 100 nm. The HRTEM selected-area electron diffraction pattern (SAED) shows that crystalline ZrO sub(2) phase exist in the nanofibers, and the energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) results show that the elements of Zr and O are uniformly distributed across the nanofiber matrix. The phosphorus atoms corroded the entire Zirconia substrate surface, and the Zirconia-Phosphorus liquid-catalyzed the solid-liquid-solid mechanism is proposed to explain the growth of the nanofibers.
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ISSN:2153-117X
2153-1188
DOI:10.4236/msa.2014.54024