Research Article
High-Yield Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles from Bicontinuous Microemulsions
Table 1
ZnO nanoparticles
and PDI determined by TEM, purity, productivity, and yield of the reaction.
| Sample | Zn(NO3)2 concentration (wt.%) in microemulsion | Dosing time (min) | (nm) | PDI | ZnOa purity (%) | Productivity (g ZnO/100 g reaction mixture) | Yieldb (%) |
| 100-1 | 22 | 100 | | 1.10 | 98 | 1.25 | 98.27 | 125-1 | 22 | 125 | | 1.17 | 99 | 1.13 | 88.83 | 150-1 | 22 | 150 | | 1.38 | 95 | 1.11 | 87.26 | 100-2 | 27 | 100 | | 1.19 | 99 | 1.30 | 85.30 | 125-2 | 27 | 125 | | 1.21 | 98 | 1.34 | 87.93 | 150-2 | 27 | 125 | | 1.3 | 96 | 1.36 | 89.24 |
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aCalculated from atomic absorption determinations.
b(Experimental weight of ZnO/theoretical weight of ZnO) × 100.
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