TY - JOUR ID - 80165 TI - Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties JO - Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran JA - JSCIENCES LA - en SN - 1016-1104 AU - Dehno Khalaji, Aliakbar AU - Mousavi, Seyyedeh Masomeh AU - Palang Sangdevini, Zahra AU - Jarosova, Marketa AU - Machek, Pavel AU - Dusek, Michal AD - Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, Golestan Universtiy, Gorgan, Iran AD - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran AD - Institute of Physic of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic AD - Institute of Physic of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 32 IS - 3 SP - 213 EP - 219 KW - α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles KW - hydrothermal KW - Morphologies KW - X-ray diffraction DO - 10.22059/jsciences.2021.312076.1007584 N2 - In this paper, we report a simple and convenient method for the synthesis of α‑Fe2O3 nanoparticles via hydrothermal process followed by thermal decomposition using the new iron precursor, which was obtained by mixing of benzoic acid (BA) and Fe(NO3)3∙3H2O in water as solvent. Two products with almost similar morphologies and sizes were obtained by changing the calcination temperature (500 and 600ºC) for 2 h in the air atmosphere. They were named as Fe‑500 and Fe‑600, respectively, and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT‑IR) and ultraviolet‑visible (UV‑Vis) spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). FT‑IR, UV‑Vis, XRD and EDS results confirm the formation of α‑Fe2O3 phase. Also, TEM images confirm that the size of the products is less than 100 nm. UR - https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_80165.html L1 - https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_80165_9866d338604edcf1eed03a01570f86b9.pdf ER -