Preparation and Characterization of Bimetallic Fe-Ni Oxide Nanoparticles Using Liquid Phase Plasma Process.

Abstract

The Fe-Ni oxide bimetallic nanoparticles (FNOBNPs) were synthesized in the liquid phase plasma (LPP) method employed an iron chloride and nickel chloride as metal precursors. The sphericalshaped FNOBNPs were synthesized by the LPP process and, the size of particles was growing along with the progression of LPP reaction. The synthesized FNOBNPs were comprised of Fe₃O₄ and NiO. Iron had a higher reduction potential than nickel and resulted in higher iron composition in the synthesized FNOBNPs. The control of molar ratio of metal precursors in initial reactant solution was found that it could be employed as a means to control the composition of the elements in FNOBNP.