Nanocrystalline Electrolytic $MnO_2$ (EMD)의 미세구조 연구

Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Electrolytic $MnO_2$ (EMD)

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  • Anqiang He (Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta) ;
  • Arthur H. Heuer (Department of Materials Science & Engineering)
  • 발행 : 2003.06.01

초록

Electrolytic MnO₂ (EMD)의 미세구조를 X선 회절 및 투과전자현미경 분석을 통해 연구하였다. 벌크에 대한 X선 회절 실험은 전헝적인 EMD 재료의 분말 회절패턴을 나타내었다. 투과전자현미경 분석은 EMD가 약 0.2㎛크기의 입자로 이루어져 있고, 각각의 입자가다시 10 nm 정도의 결정립으로 이루어진 이중 미세구조를 가짐을 나타내었다. 나노 결정립에 대한 전자빔 마이크로 회절 분석 결과, EMD 입자는 여러 상의 혼합체로서 약 50%의 Ramsdellite, 30%의 ε-MnO₂, 15%의 Pyrolusite 상으로 이루어져 있음을 확인하였다. 한편, X선 분말 회절패턴 상의 약 67°에 위치한 {1120} 피크와 (0001) 면에 대한 고분해능 이미지는 ε-MnO₂ 상의 존재를 입증하였다.

The microstructure of bulk electrolytic MnO₂ (EMD) was studied using x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The bulk sample showed a typical powder x-ray diffraction pattern of EMD materials. TEM study showed that the structure of EMD is present at two length scales;grains, ∼0.2 ㎛ in diameter, and ∼10 nm crystallites within the grain. The electron beam microdiffraction study revealed that each grain is an assemblage of multiphase with a common crystallographic orientation, and_that ∼50% of the crystallites are Ramsdellite, ∼30% are ε-MnO₂, and ∼15% are Pyrolusite. The {1120}peak located at about 67° in powder XRD pattern as well as a high-resolution electron microscope (HREM) image of (0001) plane support the existence of ε-MnO₂ phase.

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