Surfactant-Free Nonaqueous Route for Preparation of Metallic Nickel Nanoparticles

In this study, we report a simple nonaqueous technique for preparation of metallic nickel nanoparticles (MNN). Organic alcohols were used as solvent whereas Nickel acetyl acetonate [Ni (acac)2] was applied as nickel precursor. The product was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that MNN exhibits good distribution and weak agglomeration specially when hexanol was utilized as solvent.

Keywords:

Nonaqueous , Free-surfactant , Nickel , Nanoparticles