In Situ Growth of Self-Assembled and Single In2O3 Nanosheets on the Surface of Indium Grains

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• 作者：Heqing Yang ; Ruigang Zhang ; Hongxing Dong ; Jie Yu ; Wenyu Yang ; Dichun Chen
• 刊名：Crystal Growth & Design
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：September 3, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：8
• 期：9
• 页码：3154-3159
• 全文大小：514K
• 年卷期：v.8,no.9(September 3, 2008)
• ISSN：1528-7505

文摘

Self-assembled In₂O₃ nanosheet networks and flowerlike nanoarchitectures, as well as single In₂O₃ nanosheets, have been grown in situ on indium substrate by heating indium grains at 900−950 °C under the flow of O₂ in the presence of a small quantity of P₂O₅. The as-synthesized In₂O₃ nanosheets were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and Raman spectrum. It was found that the In₂O₃ nanosheets were single crystals with body-centered cubic structure and dimensions of about 0.5−3 μm. A possible mechanism for the In₂O₃ nanosheet growth was also proposed on the basis of the results of the present and previous works. This mechanism not only can explain all the experimental observations but also helps to clarify the growth mechanism of other nanostructures in the gas phase. A strong and narrow photoluminescent (PL) peak at 428 nm was observed from the nanosheets, which is attributed to radiative recombination between an electron on an oxygen vacancy and a hole on an indium−oxygen vacancy center in the In₂O₃ nanosheets.