Abstract
Nanorods assembly of mesoporous boehmite (γ-AlOOH) films of thickness ∼2 μm with a preferential crystallographic growth along have been synthesized. The films have been deposited on glass substrates by dip-coating using aluminium tri-sec-butoxide derived AlOOH sols in presence of CTAB. CTAB allows assembly of colloidal particles (Al–O polynuclear species) into a rod shape and can be removed at 300 °C. TEM study of the heat-treated (300 °C) films reveals that the rod like (diameter 2.5 ± 0.5 nm) boehmite nanocrystals are assembled in a disorder manner. BET analysis shows that the film has a surface area of 162 m2 g−1 with an average pore size of 3.3 nm. The average pore size of the film is also measured by SAXS and found to be 2.9 nm. These films show excellent catalytic activities in the reduction of KMnO4 to MnO2 nanoparticles (30–40 nm) in aqueous solution (pH ∼7.0) at room temperature.
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