Morphological of Zinc Ferrite Nanostructure Using the Hydrothermal Synthesis

Kiki Rezki  Lestari

doi:10.54783/influencejournal.v4i2.50

Authors

Kiki Rezki Lestari Department of Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universitas Nasional, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54783/influencejournal.v4i2.50

Keywords:

Zinc Ferrite, ZnFe2O4, Nanocubes Morphology, Hydrothermal.

Abstract

Over the last two decades, many methods for synthesizing various ZnFe₂O₄ nanostructures of uniform size and shape, such as nanospheres, nanoflowers, nanorods, and nanotubes, have been developed. It seems challenging to investigate a practical and cost-effective method to synthesize cubic ZnFe₂O₄ magnetite with cubic morphological properties in an aqueous solution. The morphology of zinc ferrite nanostructures is mostly random and non-uniform. The objective of this study is to create reasonably uniform single-crystal zinc ferrite nanocubes. The hydrothermal method was used to successfully sample zinc ferrite by varying the amount of (En) ethylenediamine (0 - 2.4 mL) in the solution. The outcomes demonstrated that the nanocubes, with a particle size of nearly 48 nm, had a more uniform morphology than other samples. The morphology and dimensions of the samples were examined using scanning electron microscopy in conjunction with energy dispersion X-ray spectroscopy.

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