Controlled Growth Morphology of Porous Nanocrystal Iron Oxide by Electrodeposition

Fe（Ⅱ） was deposited into the bottom of the mesopores of highly ordered large caged cubic mesoporous silica by electrodeposition. And the deposited Fe mesoporous silica thin film was treated by 1%---4% HF to remove the SiO2 template and then calcined. It was found that nanowire bundles, dendritic plates of porous iron oxide, dense parallel backbones of porous iron oxide were obtained at -1.4-- -1.6 V and 0.08--0.1 mol/L electrolyte concentration after calcinations; the dendritic pattern of porous iron oxide film templated by the SBA-16 film was obtained in macrostructure at a higher absolute value of cathode potential（-1.7-- -1.8 V） and a lower electrolyte concentration（0.02-0.05 mol/L）, the dendritic pattern of porous iron oxide film could copy the microstructure of SBA-16 film; Fe（II） nanowires grew and formed in one dimension（1D） and two-dimension（2D） electrocrystallization at a potential of-l.6-- -1.7 V and an electrolyte concentration of 0.05 mol/L, and the shape of the ID or 2D crystalline iron oxide nanowires calcined was similar to the original shape of the SBA-16 channels. The desired morphology and size of porous nanocrystal iron oxide can be obtained by adjusting the applied potential value and electrolyte concentration, and all kinds of morphologies of porous nanostructure crystal iron oxide can be prepared.