High-stability Fc/SiO with core/shell structure
2Composite nanometer particle and preparation method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of Fe/SiO with core/shell structure, high magnetic intensity, high stability
2Composite nanometer particle and preparation method thereof.Especially particle diameter is less than 10 nanometer Fe/SiO
2Composite nanometer particle and preparation method thereof.
Background technology
Ferrous metal is a magnetic moment maximum in the magnetic transition elements.The ferrous metal nanometer is made iron nano-particle have characteristics such as quantum size effect, small-size effect, skin effect, thereby show the character of many uniquenesses, have broad application prospects at aspects such as catalysis, photoelectricity, medicine, magnetizing mediums, high performance magnetic liquid.The preparation of relevant iron nano-particle and the research of character have caused people's extensive interest.But the transition metal of nano-scale is very easy to oxidation even spontaneous combustion at ambient temperature in air, has seriously hindered the practical application process of iron nano-particle.The preparation iron nano-particle generally all is (less than 10 in vacuum at present
-6Pa) or in inert gases such as the argon of low pressure, helium carry out, preparation process is loaded down with trivial details, equipment require high, be not suitable for large-scale production.We once adopted the nano-level iron oxide surface coated Si O for preparing at chemical coprecipitation
2The protective layer method of high temperature reduction is then prepared surperficial coated Si O
2The iron particle, preparation technology is simple, product stability height (patent applied for, application number 03132104.6), product cut size is distributed as the 50-200 nanometer.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to seek a kind of new preparation method, prepare particle diameter, have the Fe/SiO of core/shell structure, high magnetic intensity, high stability less than 10 nanometers
2Composite nanometer particle.Surperficial coated Si O in Armco magnetic iron nanometer core
2Shell effectively stops the oxidation of iron particle, increases substantially the stability of iron nano-particle, reduces the sintering in the heat treatment process simultaneously, suppresses growing up of crystallite dimension.The particle diameter of product is less than 10 nanometers, and the iron core is less than super paramagnetic critical dimension, has saturation magnetization height, good soft magnet performance that coercivity is low.A process for preparing next product because surperficial coated Si O
2The insulation shell, resistivity significantly improves, and can reduce eddy-current loss, thereby can significantly improve the high frequency characteristics of product.The present invention adopts nonaqueous solvents, without the filtration washing step, so SiO
2The thickness of shell can be adjusted arbitrarily in very wide scope.Preparation technology is simple, process is controlled suitable for mass production easily.
Technical scheme of the present invention is: be to be raw material with the molysite, organic acid is a complexing agent, and absolute ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol are that solvent forms even colloidal sol (non-aqueous sol), adds tetraethoxysilance, forms gel through dehydration by evaporation, and organic matter is removed in preroast in the air, at H
2In the atmosphere under the different temperatures reduction promptly obtain having the high-stability Fc/SiO of core/shell structure less than 10 nanometers (general 5-10 nanometer)
2Composite nanometer particle.Molysite and organic acid mol ratio are 1: 1.0~1: 3.0; The complex reaction temperature is preferably above room temperature, especially is 50-80 ℃, reaction time 4-10 hour; Tetraethoxysilance is as SiO
2The silicon source of shell, SiO
2Covering amount be 1-30% (weight ratio); The dehydration by evaporation temperature is 70-90 ℃; Xerogel calcined temperature in air is 400-500 ℃, roasting time 4-10 hour; Reduction temperature is 500-900 ℃ in hydrogen, and the recovery time is 3-10 hour.With the iron particle of method preparation of the present invention, particle diameter is evenly distributed, and is generally the 5-8 nanometer, is no more than 10 nanometers, saturation magnetization 150-190Am
2/ kg, coercivity is less than 20kA/m.Fierce oxidation promptly takes place under the air at room temperature condition the simple iron particle of particle diameter 10 nanometers sends out the production of spontaneous combustion rapidly ferriferous oxide, that is to say the iron particle that can't obtain under normal condition less than 10 nanometers, let alone practical application.And the particle diameter of the present invention's preparation has the Fe/SiO of core/shell structure less than 10 nanometers
2Composite nanometer particle can long-term stability be present in the air under up to 150 ℃ of temperature.
Molysite commonly used is frerrous chloride, ferric trichloride, ferric nitrate, ferric sulfate etc., also can use the organic acid molysite, as basic ferric acetate, praseodynium iron etc.Complexing agent except that citric acid, also can use NTA (nitroso triacetic acid), HEDTA (N-HEDTA), EDTA (ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid) etc. can with the organic acid of iron complexing.
Product with the present invention preparation carries out structure and performance characterization by following means: the thing that the D/Max-RA rotary anode X-ray diffractometer (XRD) that adopts Japanese Rigaku company to produce is determined magnetic nanometer particles mutually; The shape and size that the JEM-200CX transmission electron microscope (TEM) that utilizes Japanese JEOL company to produce is directly observed product; The magnetic property of product adopts the U.S. to produce LakeShore vibrating specimen magnetometer (VSM) and measures; The antioxygenic property of product adopts the comprehensive thermal analyzer of NETZSCH STA 449C to determine.The magnetic spectrum performance of product is measured by Agilent4284A (frequency range 20Hz is to 1MHz) and Agilent4191B (frequency range 1MHz is to 1.8GHz) electric impedance analyzer.
The present invention adopts nonaqueous solvents, without the filtration washing step, so SiO
2The thickness of shell can be adjusted arbitrarily in very wide scope.Preparation technology is simple, process is controlled suitable for mass production easily.A process for preparing next product because surperficial coated Si O
2The insulation shell, resistivity significantly improves, and can reduce eddy-current loss, thereby can significantly improve the high frequency characteristics of product.The composite nanometer particle particle diameter of preparing in addition can be used for preparing high performance magnetic liquid less than 10 nanometers.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is a magnetic spectrum survey map of the present invention, and curve a is the product of embodiment 1 preparation, and curve c is the product of embodiment 2 preparations, and curve b is that reduction temperature is the magnetic spectrum measurement result of 800 ℃ of products that make among the embodiment 3.
Fig. 2 is in the embodiment of the invention 3 preparation process, and the XRD spectra of the product that obtains under the different reduction temperatures in hydrogen atmosphere has six spectral lines.Illustrate that when reduction temperature is higher than 500 ℃ product is single cube α-Fe phase.Reduction temperature is respectively: No. 0 spectral line: 400 ℃; No. 1 spectral line: 500 ℃; No. 2 spectral lines: 600 ℃; No. 3 spectral lines: 700 ℃; No. 4 spectral lines: 800 ℃; No. 5 spectral lines: 900 ℃.
Fig. 3 is in the embodiment of the invention 3 preparation process, the TEM photo of the product that in hydrogen atmosphere, obtains under the different reduction temperatures, and instruction card bread covers SiO
2Shell can effectively reduce the sintering of particle in the heat treatment process, suppresses growing up of crystallite dimension, and reduction temperature is little to the influence of product cut size.The corresponding different photo of different reduction temperatures, reduction temperature is respectively: photo 1:500 ℃; Photo 2:600 ℃; Photo 3:700 ℃; Photo 4:800 ℃; Photo 5:900 ℃.
Fig. 4 is the magnetic property of product of the embodiment of the invention 3 preparation and the relation curve of reduction temperature, and the result shows the intensity of magnetization maximum (183Am of product when reduction temperature is 800 ℃
2/ kg), coercivity minimum (4kA/m) has best soft magnet performance.
Fig. 5 is in the embodiment of the invention 3 preparation process, the aerial thermogravimetric curve of the product that obtains under the different reduction temperatures, and the result shows that reduction temperature is high more, the product heat endurance is high more.Reduction temperature is respectively: No. 1 curve: 500 ℃; No. 2 curves: 600 ℃; No. 3 curves: 700 ℃; No. 4 curves: 800 ℃; No. 5 curves: 900 ℃.
The specific embodiment
Below be embodiments of the invention (agents useful for same is a chemical pure among the embodiment).
Embodiment 1: under the strong mixing, with 0.01mol FeCl
24H
2O and 0.015mol citric acid are dissolved in the 100mL absolute ethyl alcohol, and 60 ℃ continue to stir 6 hours, form homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.083mL tetraethoxysilance, 80 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation are until generating xerogel; Xerogel 450 ℃ of preroast 3 hours in air places 800 ℃ of reduction of tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere 4 hours then.The product that obtains is about average grain diameter 5 nanometers, is to have amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the a-Fe of cube crystalline phase, saturation magnetization 197Am
2/ kg, coercivity 2.6kA/m.The magnetic spectrum measurement result of product shows in frequency up to 10
8Before the Hz, μ ' is stabilized in 16, and μ " very low.The magnetic spectrum measurement result is seen Fig. 1 curve a.
Use ferric trichloride, ferric nitrate to obtain result similar to the above.
Embodiment 2: under the strong mixing, with 0.01mol FeCl
24H
2O and 0.015mol citric acid are dissolved in the 100mL absolute ethyl alcohol, and 60 ℃ continue to stir 6 hours, form homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.34mL tetraethoxysilance, 80 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation are until generating xerogel; Xerogel 450 ℃ of preroast 3 hours in air places 800 ℃ of reduction of tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere 4 hours then.The product that obtains is about average grain diameter 5 nanometers, is to have amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the α-Fe of cube crystalline phase, saturation magnetization 168Am
2/ kg, coercivity 3.8kA/m.The magnetic spectrum measurement result of product shows that μ ' basic maintenance in whole measuring frequency scope is constant, loss μ " very low, almost level off to 0.The magnetic spectrum measurement result is seen Fig. 1 curve c.
Embodiment 3: under the strong mixing, with 0.01mol FeCl
24H
2O and 0.015mol citric acid are dissolved in the 100mL absolute ethyl alcohol, and 60 ℃ continue to stir 6 hours ,-formation homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.167mL tetraethoxysilance, 75-80 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation is until generating xerogel; Xerogel 450 ℃ of preroast 3 hours in air placed under the tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere different temperatures (400-800 ℃) reduction 4 hours then.During 400 ℃ of reduction temperatures, contain the Fe that are not reduced in a large number in the products therefrom
3O
4Reduction temperature is at the product that obtains more than 500 ℃ has amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the α-Fe of cube crystalline phase, and different reduction temperatures are handled the XRD spectra of the sample that obtains and seen Fig. 2; Reduction temperature is little to the influence of product cut size, and the TEM photo is seen Fig. 3; The magnetic property difference of the product that obtains under the different reduction temperatures, magnetic measurement results is seen Fig. 4; The aerial heat endurance of product that obtains under the different reduction temperatures is also inequality, and reduction temperature is high more, and the product heat endurance is good more, and the aerial thermogravimetric curve of product is seen Fig. 5; Intensity of magnetization maximum (183Am in the time of 800 ℃
2/ kg), coercivity minimum (4.0kA/m) has best soft magnet performance, and its magnetic spectrum measurement result shows μ ' basic constant (about 10), loss μ of keeping in whole measuring frequency scope " very low, almost level off to 0.The magnetic spectrum measurement result is seen Fig. 1 curve b.
Embodiment 4: under the strong mixing, with 0.01mol FeCl
36H
2O and 0.020mol citric acid are dissolved in the 100mL absolute ethyl alcohol, and 65 ℃ continue to stir 5 hours, form homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.17mL tetraethoxysilance, 80 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation are until generating xerogel; Xerogel 450 ℃ of preroast 4 hours in air places 750 ℃ of reduction of tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere 5 hours then.The product that obtains be average grain diameter less than 10 nanometers about, be to have amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the α-Fe of cube crystalline phase, saturation magnetization 176Am
2/ kg, coercivity 3.6kA/m.Product was placed three months under the air at room temperature environment, and structure and magnetic property do not have any significant change.
Embodiment 5: under the strong mixing, with 0.01mol FeCl
24H
2O and 0.015mol NTA (nitroso triacetic acid) are dissolved in the 100mL absolute ethyl alcohol, and 65 ℃ continue to stir 5 hours, form homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.35mL tetraethoxysilance, 75 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation are until generating xerogel; Xerogel 450 ℃ of preroast 3 hours in air places 800 ℃ of reduction of tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere 4 hours then.The product that obtains is about average grain diameter 5 nanometers, is to have amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the α-Fe of cube crystalline phase.
Complexing agent can use HEDTA (N-HEDTA) to obtain identical result.
Embodiment 6: praseodynium iron is raw material, and citric acid is that complexing agent is dissolved in the 100mL isopropyl alcohol, and 650 ℃ continue to stir 5 hours, form homogeneous transparent colloidal sol; Add the 0.2mL tetraethoxysilance, 80-85 ℃ of dehydration by evaporation is until generating xerogel; Xerogel in air 450-500 ℃ preroast 3-4 hour, place 750-800 ℃ of tube furnace hydrogen atmosphere reduction 3-4 hour then.The product that obtains be average grain diameter less than 10 nanometers, be to have amorphous Si O
2Shell, core are the composite nanometer particle of the α-Fe of cube crystalline phase.The magnetic spectrum measurement result of product shows that μ ' basic maintenance in whole measuring frequency scope is constant, loss μ " very low, almost level off to 0.Be better than embodiment 1 on the performance.
The variation of embodiment 7, process conditions: under the condition of embodiment 6, use basic ferric acetate, citric acid is that complexing agent is dissolved in the 100mL isopropyl alcohol, xerogel calcined temperature in air is 400-450 ℃, roasting time 9-10 hour, reduction temperature is 500-600 ℃ in hydrogen, and the recovery time is 9-10 hour, result and 6 no significant differences.