Growth of tin dioxide nanobelts via Au-catalytic VLS process.
Ultra-long (several millimeters) tin dioxide SnO2 nanobelts were prepared by chemical vapor deposition at 850 degrees C. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) indicated that the as-prepared sample is tetragonal phase SnO2; field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) reveals the as-prepared SnO2 is uniform nanobelts; transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) studies show the nanobelts is monocrystalline with width of hundreds of nanometers and growth along [101] crystal direction; X-ray energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectrum were used to detail its composition and optical properties. The possible formation mechanism of these ultra-long nanobelts was also proposed on the basis of experiments.
Fang
Zhen
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Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
Tang
Kaibin
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Shen
Jianmin
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Lei
Shuijin
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Liu
Xinzheng
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Yang
Qing
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