Preparation of Spherical Silica-coated Ceria Nanoparticles by Sol-Gel Method Sun Ha Lee1, Yangkyu Ahn1*, In Jung2, Keunwoo Lee2 1Department of Nanochemistry & Biochemistry, Konyang University, Korea 2 Inochem, BI Center, Konyang University, Korea *ykahn@konyang.ac.kr Tel.+82-41-730-5224
Abstract DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY Monodispersed spherical silica-coated ceria nanoparticles were prepared through a sol-gel process using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and ceria fine particles. In this process, ceria fine particles were also prepared from cerium nitrate. The mean size of ceria particles was 300nm. Silica nanoparticles with narrow particle size distribution were prepared by controlled hydrolysis of TEOS solution. The silica sols were obtained by peptization, the process of redispersing a coagulated colloid, and were coated on ceria particles by the control of the weight ratio of silica/ceria and the pH of the mixture in aqueous solution. The morphologies of particles were characterized with scaning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and atomic force microscopy(AFM). The coating thickness of silica particles obtained by using this method was controlled in the range of 30 - 70nm. DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Sol-Gel Method Sol-gel process : With thermal decomposition of the gelation due to the hydrolysis and condensation reaction of the alcoxide or organic compounds and the vaporization due to same thermal reaction the oxide thin film production. DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Sol-Gel Application Powders, Grains and Spheres Fibers Thin films and coatings -Optical coating -Electronic films -Protective films -Porous films Monoliths -Fiber optic preform -Lenses -Graded refractive index glass -Transparent foam application Composites Porous gels and membranes DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Sol-Gel Process for Colloidal Silica Growing TEOS EtOH NH4OH H2O Generation of seed Fabrication process of silica sol Application(Coating or Powder) Mixing Hydrolysis Reaction DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Synthesis Process of Nanosized Ceria Powder Ce(CO3)9H2O+HCl, HNO3 (Dissolution) Filtering Cerium Hydroxide Washing Firing Milling Work for Sol Drying CeO2-Sol CeO2 Powder DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
NH OH 4 SiO 2 TEOS TEOS EtOH EtOH EtOH Synthesis of Nanosized Silica Stop reaction 4 SiO 2 TEOS TEOS EtOH EtOH S H S H EtOH optimum conditions: add TEOS, mmol stirring time : 30 min stirring temperature : room temperature optimum conditions: add NH4OH, mmol stirring time : 2hr stirring temperature : 45℃ Washing by centrifuge SiO2 Drying at 80℃ DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
TEOS EtOH NH 4 OH CeO 2 EtOH TEOS Preparation of Silica Coated Ceria Particles optimum conditions: 1hr stirring at 45℃ 1hr stirring at room temperature SiO2 H S TEOS EtOH NH 4 OH CeO 2 30nm CeO2 EtOH H S TEOS 300nm Drying for 24hr at 80℃ DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Size Control by Base/TEOS Ratio (1) EtOH/TEOS molar rate NH3/TEOS molar rate Particles size (nm) (1) 35.14 0.14 25 (2) 30.04 64 (3) 26.62 97 (4) 24.08 115 (2) (3) (4) at 45℃ NH3/TEOS molar rate EtOH/TEOS molar rate Particles size (nm) (1) 0.11 30.04 32 (2) 0.13 57 (3) 0.14 82 (4) 0.17 117 (4) (3) (2) (1) at 45℃ DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Size Control by Ethanol/TEOS Ratio (1) EtOH/TEOS molar rate NH3/TEOS molar rate Particles size (nm) (1) 35.14 0.14 25 (2) 30.04 64 (3) 26.62 97 (4) 24.08 115 (2) (3) (4) at 45℃ NH3/TEOS molar rate EtOH/TEOS molar rate Particles size (nm) (1) 0.11 30.04 32 (2) 0.13 57 (3) 0.14 82 (4) 0.17 117 (4) (3) (2) (1) at 45℃ DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Characterization of Silica Sol AFM image (2) (1) Mean(nm) 45.6 45.1 42.2 temperature (℃) Particles size (nm) (1) 45 74 (2) 25 110 DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
SEM Images of Colloidal Silica DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
X-ray diffraction pattern XRD Analysis Results X-ray diffraction pattern Silica - amorphous Silica coated ceria Ceria - crystal DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Microscopic Images of the Samples Silica coated ceria powder Silica nanopowder ( 30 nm) ceria powder (250 ~ 350nm) DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY
Conclusions (1) The nanosize of the colloidal silica can controlled by ethanol/TEOS molar ratio. (2) The size of the colloidal silica can controlled by base/TEOS molar ratio. (3) Monodispersed particles were prepared by hydrolysis of TEOS in semi-batch reactor, and allowed to coat by addition of ceria particles. DEPARTMENT OF NANOCHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY KONYANG UNIVERSITY