Manganese oxide phases and morphologies: A study on calcination temperature and atmospheric dependence

• Matthias Augustin,
• Daniela Fenske,
• Ingo Bardenhagen,
• Anne Westphal,
• Martin Knipper,
• Thorsten Plaggenborg,
• Joanna Kolny-Olesiak and
• Jürgen Parisi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 47–59, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.6

• such as particle size, surface area and Mnx+ oxidation state is required. Here, Mn3O4 and Mn5O8 nanoparticles as well as mesoporous α-Mn2O3 particles were synthesized by calcination of Mn(II) glycolate nanoparticles obtained through an economical route based on a polyol synthesis. The preparation of

• performance for the mesoporous α-Mn2O3 species. Keywords: electrocatalytic activity; in situ X-ray diffraction; manganese glycolate; manganese oxide nanoparticles; mesoporous α-Mn2O3; Introduction Manganese oxides are a class of inexpensive compounds with a high potential for nanostructuring, which makes

• the further synthesis of manganese oxides, because the control of the morphology and size of the particles is a major issue for their catalytic applications. The subsequent calcination process yielded Mn3O4 and Mn5O8 nanoparticles as well as mesoporous α-Mn2O3 particles with high surface areas of 300