Solid phase growth of tin oxide nanostructures

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• 作者：Ali Reza Kamali ; ^{ark42@cam.ac.uk} ; Derek J. Fray
• 关键词：SnO2 ; Nanobelts ; Nanowires ; Nanosheets ; Crystal growth ; Electron microscopy
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering ; B
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：76_09215107
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：25 June, 2012
• 卷：177
• 期：11
• 页码：819-825
• 文件大小：1136 K

摘要

For the first time, single-crystalline SnO₂ nanostructures comprising of nanobelts, nanowires and nanosheets have been synthesised by solid phase crystal growth from tin oxide single crystals. The product was characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy. The procedure consisted of two stages. In the first stage, a mixture of SnO₂ polyhedral single crystals attached with graphite particles were produced by heating a mixture of SnCl₂ and graphite. Then, the SnO₂ single crystals were grown into nanobelts, nanowires and nanosheets by further heating. The role of graphite in the process is also discussed to be the surface reduction of SnO₂ into oxides with lower oxygen content which provide a driving force for surface diffusion and subsequent crystal growth of tin oxide into the one and two dimensional nanostructures. The results provide insights for both fundamental research as well as technological production of SnO₂ nanostructures.