Preparation and Characterization of ZrO2/ZnO Nanocomposite under Ultrasonic Irradiation via Sol-gel Route

Subject Areas : International Journal of Bio-Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials

Sh. Aghabeygi ¹ (Department of Chemistry, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
M. Zare-Dehnavi ² (Department of Chemistry, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
A. Farhadyar ³ (Agribusiness Department, Armenian State Agrarian University, IRAN)
N. Farhadyar ⁴ (Department of Chemistry, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran)

Received: 2014-11-25 Accepted : 2015-01-28 Published : 2015-01-01

Keywords: Particle Size, Sol-gel, Nanocomposite, ultrasonic irradiation, Zirconia ZnO,

Abstract :

Nanocomposite of ZrO2/ZnO was prepared under ultrasonic irradiation by sol gel process from directly mixing Zirconium and Zinc gels, and the mixture was placed under ultrasonic irradiation for 2 hours then aging time the filtrated composite gel was calcinated at 500°C for 3h in furnace. The precursor sol of zirconium was prepared from an aqueous solution of ZrCl4 and zinc acetate dihydrated was dissolved in de-ionized water. The FT-IR analysis and the XRD study were exhibited that the crystal structure and purity of the ZrO2/ZnO nanocomposite FESEM images was indicated the morphology and the average size of the NPs. The average size of the ZrO2/ZnO nanocomposite was determined 37 nm.