title: Hydrothermal synthesis of Ni(12)P(5) hollow microspheres, characterization and photocatalytic degradation property.
abstract: In this paper, we report the successful synthesis of Ni(12)P(5) hollow spheres via a facile hydrothermal route, employing white phosphorus (WP) and nickel nitrate as the reactants in the presence of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) and polyethylene glycol 10000 (PEG-10000). The phase and morphology of the product were characterized by means of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). HMT and surfactant (PEG-10000) played important roles in the formation of Ni(12)P(5) hollow microspheres. Furthermore, research also showed that the as-prepared Ni(12)P(5) hollow spheres could photocatalytically degrade some organic dyes such as Safranine T and Pyronine B under irradiation of 365 nm UV light.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yonghong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Kaiming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D008709:Methenamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008863:Microspheres; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C035197:nickel nitrate; D009532:Nickel; D008709:Methenamine