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. 2020 Jan 31;6(1):e03245. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03245

Table 2.

Synthesis routes of the Mn3O4 Nano compound.

Synthetic method Reactants Synthetic condition Morphology/Applications Particle Size Author
Hydro thermal method 0.5mmol KmnO4
0.2mlof formaldehyde
120 °C for 12 h
At 200 °C for 12hr
Calcination of MnOOH at 300 °C for 10 h
MnOOH nano rods
Mn3O4 octahedron
β- MnO2 nano wires
Degradation of Alizarin Yellow
50–60nm Khalid Abdelazez Mohamed Ahmed et al.
Hydro thermal method 0.105 g or 0.005 m mol KmnO4 and 30 ml PEG 200 160 °C for 12 h.
Dried at 40 °C for 12 h
Octahedral shaped Mn3O4 nano particles
Degradation of Rhodamine
10 nm Yu Li et al.
Hydro thermal method MnCl2 [0.1M; 50 ml]
Urea [0.1 m, 50 ml]
pH -10.55 by NH4OH
150 °C for 16 h
Drying at RT
Degradation of Acridine orange
Fabrication of Gold electrode
Detection of alcohol
99nm Aslam Jamala et al.
Hydrothermal method 0.7 mmol Mn(CH3COO)2.4H2O
Melamine [1 mmol]
Ethanol: water [70:30]
KOH [0.08mmol]
Refluxed at 80 °C for 2 h.
Autoclave heated at 200 °C for 10 h
Dried in a vaccum at 50 °C for 12 h
Mn3O4 nano belts
Mn3O4 nano belts
40–70 nm Khalid Abdelazez Mohamed Ahmed et al.
Solvo thermal method Mn(CH3COO)2.4H2O[14.7g]
Oleic acid[8ml]
Methanol[100ml]
At 180 °C
Dried for 5hr in air
Calcined at 400 °C for 6hr
Mn3O4 nano particles
α Mn2O3
- Jing Xu et al.
Reflux method MnSO4 .H2O [0.19g]
Urea [1.35 g]
CTAB[1.2g]
NaOH [2g]
30% H2O2 [15ml]
85 °C for 4 h
Calcinations at 400 °C for 4 h
Mn3O4
3D flower like structure.
1-5 micro metre Yuli Wang et al.
Reflux method MnCl2.H2O [0.2M]
pH = 12 (NH4OH)
At 80–100 °C for 4 h Mn3O4 nano powder 50nm M. Anilkumar et al.
Reflux method MnCl2.H2O [0.2M]
NH4OH
At 85 °C for 12 h Mn3O4 nano particles 32nm A. Baykal et al.
Thermal decomposition method MnNO3 [0.090g, 0.5 mmol]
NaN3 [0.065 g, 1mmol]
4’-[4-pyridyl]-2,2′6′,2′-tetrapyridine
Oleic acid
Oil bath at 60 °C
Dried at 186 °C
Thermal decomposition of coordination compound at 320 °C
Mn3O4 nano particles 85nm Ahmad Morsali et al.
Precipitation method MnCl2.H2O [0.22 mol]
Aq NaOH [0.44 mol]
CTAB[1.37 mmol]
Stirring for 24 h
Dried in the oven at 80 °C for 24 h
Mn3O4 nano dielectric properties 20–30nm Hassouna Dhaouadi et al.
Precipitation method Mn(CH3COO)2.4H2O [0.03063g]
10% of water in DMF [22.5 ml]
Stirring 30 min
And left for months
Mn3O4 nano rods
Magnetic properties
20nm Ameìrica Vaìzquez-Olmos et al.
Controlled synthesis Mn(CH3COO)2.4H2O [0.3g]
1:24 oleylamine [7.6g ] BMI-PF6[8.18g], BMI-PF4[6.51g]BMI-NTF2[11.28g]
180 °Cfor 9hr in Ar atmosphere
Cooled to room temperature
850 °C for 2hr
Mn3O4 nano particles
Magnetic properties
15nm Robert Bussamana et al.
Solid state reaction MnCl2 [0.2g]
Na2CO3
NaCl flux [1g]
NP-9 surfactant [3ml] nonylphenylether-9
Dried at 80 °C for 5hr Mn3O4 nano wire
Oxidation of methane and carbon monoxide
Reduction of benzyl nitrate
40–80nm Wenzhong Wang et al.
Ultra sonication method Mn(CH3COO)2.4H2O (1g) in 100ml distilled water Sonicated for 3 h and dried in a vacuum oven for few hours Mn3O4 nano crystallite
Magnetic property
15nm I.K. Gopalakrishnan et al.
Reflux method 0.5 g of tannic acid in 50 ml water and mixed drop wise to 0.05 M KmnO4 Stirred the contents for 5hr and then refluxed for 1hr. It is dried at 50 °C Mn3O4 nano crystals
Dye degradation
34nm Srinivas Gadavarthi et al.
Combustion method Mn(NO3)2.4H2O 5 mol and ethylene glycol 5 mmol dissolved in 10 ml of distilled and combusted at 300 °C Mn3O4 fluffy product
Degradation of methyl orange
- Chengjun Dong et al.
Sono chemical method. 1H-1,2,4-triazole -3-carboxylicacid (0.1 mol L_1) and potassium hydroxide (0.01 mol L_1) were added drop wise to 50 ml solution of aq. Manganese(II) chloride tetrahydrate Ultrasonication calcinated at 650 °C Mn3O4 - Valid Safarifard et al.
Green chemical route synthesis Mn(NO3)2.4 H2O
2g of 1-n- butyl-3- methylimidazolium hydroxide (BMIM)OH an ionic liquid.
2M aq. NaOH solution H2O2 (30w/w%, 5 ml) added drop wise for 30 min
Mn3O4 - Zehra Durmus et al.
Solvo thermal method 10 g with 24.2wt% of pebax 2533 in 40 mL anhydrous isopropanol (stirred at 75 °C over night
4g of Mn(CH3COO)2. 4 H2O dissolved in 12 mL of anhydrous ethanol.
The mixture was transferred into stainless steel autoclave kept at 180 °C for 3 days to get a transparent viscous Mn3O4/pebax gel through hydrolysis, condensation of manganese precursor. washed with 30 ml isopropanol at 80 °C to remove pebax and vaccum dried Mn3O4 spherical/octahedral 8–32 nm Lin He et al.
Simple stirring process 100mL 0.3 M KmnO4 solution and 50 mL 0.4 M glycerol which was kept under vigorous stirring for 60 ± 10 S. the gel was left without disturbing for 24 h and subsequently heated at 80 °C tetragonal Mn3O4 crystal structure 20nm A.K.M.Atique Ullah et al.
Simple stirring method 0.8 mmol of KmnO4, 0.8 m mol sodium dodecyl sulphate dissolved in 40 ml of distilled water which was further mixed with 40 ml of 8 mmol aq.N2H4 . H2O solution. This resulted solution turned at first from purple to brown/black then to orange/brown which was stirred for 1 h at 70 °C Mn3O4 crystal structure 10–30nm E. Azhir et al.
Forced hydrolysis method 0.4 M aq. Mn(CH3COO)2. 4 H2O was subjected to heating at 80 °C for 2 h. The acquired product was quenched in cool water and regained by centrifugation and washed with water and dried in the oven at 40 °C. Mn3O4 crystal structure
Methylene blue degradation
20nm Al-Nakib Chowdhary et al.
Sol gel method 4.6 g of manganese acetate tetrahydrate was dissolved in 30 mL of water in round bottom flask and 7.2 g of HMTA was added to the solution. In the case of Vanadium doped Mn3O4, the desired amount of VCl3 (2, 4 and 10% mol of VCl3) also was added to the mixture, then the temperature set at 120 ± 2 °C for 10 h The solution was sonicated in ultrasonic bath for 30 min then the synthesized material were collected by centrifuge, washed several times with water and dried at 90 °C for 1 h Tetragonal Mn3O4 crystal structure 49–57nm Samaneh Ramezanpour et al.