Large scale highly crystalline Bi2Te3 nanotubes through solution phase nanoscale Kirkendall effect fabrication.
We have successfully developed an ethylene glycol mediated solution phase method for synthesizing highly crystalline Bi(2)Te(3) nanotubes using Te nanowires as the in situ templates; our work demonstrates the generic feature of a solution phase mediated Kirkendall effect for the synthesis of not only hollow nanoparticles but also highly crystalline tubular structures.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China. lixg@ustc.edu.cn.
Genqiang
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Zhang
Qingxuan
Q
Yu
Zhen
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Yao
Xiaoguang
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Li