title: Thermal decomposition of commercial silicone oil to produce high yield high surface area SiC nanorods.
abstract: This article reports on the synthesis of high surface area (563m2/g) beta-SiC nanorods by thermal decomposition of commercial silicone oil at a relatively low reaction temperature (800 degrees C) in a closed Swagelok cell. High yield (75%) of SiC nanorods are obtained in this one-stage, solvent-, catalyst-, and template-free synthesis technique that runs at a relative low temperature and employs cheap single-precursor. The morphological (TEM, HR-SEM), compositional (CHNS, EDX, SAEDX]), structural (XRD, HR-TEM, and ED), thermal (TGA) characterizations and surface area analysis are carried out for the obtained SiC nanorods. The possibility of hydrogen storage in this high surface area nano-SiC rods are also tested and reported for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Kanbar Laboratory for Nanomaterials at the Bar-Ilan University Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Pol
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pol
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gedanken
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D043942:Nanotubes; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic; D017655:Silicon Compounds; D012827:Silicone Oils; C022088:silicon carbide