Morphology controlled facile synthesis of MnO2 adsorbents for rapid strontium removal

MnO2 nanostructures with three distinct architectures, namely flower, balk and tube-like, have been synthesized through a single step microwave assisted hydrothermal method at different reaction temperatures (110 °C, 140 °C and 180 °C). The characterization of as prepared MnO2 samples were performed by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The N2...