Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-doped Aluminosilicate Nanotubes with Enhanced Electron Conductive PropertiesEhsan Shafia 1, Serena Esposito 2, Elnaz Bahadori 1, Marco Armandi 1,3, Maela Manzoli 4, Barbara Bonelli 1,3,5
1Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 2Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, 3Institute of Chemistry, Politecnico di Torino, 4Department of Chemistry & NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, 5INSTM Unit of Torino-Politecnico, Politecnico di Torino
Here, we present a protocol to synthesize and characterize Fe-doped aluminosilicate nanotubes. The materials are obtained by either sol-gel synthesis upon addition of FeCl3•6H2O to the mixture containing the Si and Al precursors or by post-synthesis ionic exchange of preformed aluminosilicate nanotubes.