Synthesis and characterization of pure mesoporous zirconia thin film with two-dimensional hexagonal framework

摘要

Pure mesoporous ZrO2 thin film with two-dimensional hexagonal framework mesostructure has been successfully prepared by using a nonionic triblock copolymer as the structure-directing agent and ZrCl4 as the zirconia source through evaporation-induced self-assembly approach. The resulting materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and nitrogen adsorption measurements. The obtained mesoporous ZrO2 thin film has a nanocrystalline inorganic framework (tetragonal zirconia) and narrowly distributed mesopore size (67 nm in diameter).