Abstract
Carbon and metal-oxide nanoparticles (NP) are currently synthesized worldwide for various applications in the solar-energy, optical, pharmaceutical, and biomedical industries, among many others. Gas phase methods comprise flame synthesis and flame spray pyrolysis (FSP), which provide high efficiency, low cost, and the possibility of large-scale applications. The variation of combustion operation parameters exerts significant effects on the properties of the NPs. An analysis of the latest research results relevant to NP flame synthesis can provide new insight into the optimization of these methods and the development of these techniques for a large scale. This review offers insight into the current status of flame synthesis for carbon and metal-oxide NPs—specifically containing analysis and comparison of the most common carbon and metal-oxide NP production techniques. The burner configurations used at the laboratory scale and large scale are also discussed, followed by the assessment of the influence of combustion parameters on the properties of NPs. Finally, the features of the measurement techniques applied for determining NP properties were described.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 1192 |
| Journal | MATERIALS |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), under award numbers BAS/1/1370-01-01 and URF/1/4688-01-01.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- carbon-nanoparticles
- equivalence ratio
- ex-situ measurement methods
- flame synthesis
- in-situ measurement methods
- metal-oxide nanoparticles
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics