A Room-Temperature Route to Bismuth Nanotube Arrays

A room‐temperature aqueous‐chemical route has been developed to synthesize a high proportion (above 80%) of bamboo‐raft‐like bismuth nanotube arrays using bismuth chloride and metallic zinc powder as reagents. The prepared Bi nanotubes have uniform diameters of approximately 3−5 nm and lengths from...

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Published in:European journal of inorganic chemistry 2003-10, Vol.2003 (20), p.3699-3702
Main Authors: Yang, Baojun, Li, Cun, Hu, Hanmei, Yang, Xiaogang, Li, Qiaowei, Qian, Yitai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bismuth
Nanostructures
Nanotubes
Synthesis design
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Summary:A room‐temperature aqueous‐chemical route has been developed to synthesize a high proportion (above 80%) of bamboo‐raft‐like bismuth nanotube arrays using bismuth chloride and metallic zinc powder as reagents. The prepared Bi nanotubes have uniform diameters of approximately 3−5 nm and lengths from several hundred nanometers to several micrometers. HRTEM observations show that the axial direction of the prepared nanotubes is along the normal direction of the (012) lattice planes of the rhombohedral bismuth. The possible formation mechanism is discussed. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200300347