Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Preparation by Using Homemade Hydrothermal Pyrolysis Technique with Different Reaction Times

Abstract

In this research, iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared by a new hydrothermal pyrolysis technique at different reaction times. X-ray diffractometer (XRD) characterization showed that the nanoparticles have high crystallinity with a combination of two crystal phases maghemite and magnetite, as the reaction time increase the ratio of magnetite phase to maghemite phase increased. The morphological properties of the samples showed an increase in the particle size from 58 to 108 nm due to the single domain–multidomain transition as showed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Electron Dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectra showed only peaks of oxygen and iron that verified the formation of iron oxide nanoparticles. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) showed that the absorption peaks at about 578 cm-1 and 630 cm-1 correspond to the stretching modes of the Fe-O in magnetite, as the reaction time increased the peak around 630 cm-1 decreased due to the magnetite phase only. Finally, all the results showed the formation of iron oxide nanoparticles by this new technique that merges spray pyrolysis and hydrothermal techniques with many advantages such as spraying successive parameters in a short time, high-speed, good homogeneity, and pure material with small particle size.