title: Sonoelectrochemical synthesis and assembly of bismuth-antimony alloy: from nanocrystals to nanoflakes.
abstract: Bismuth-based nanostructures have attracted growing interest because of their promising thermoelectric properties and applications in optics and electronics. Pulsed sonoelectrochemical technique was selected to fabricate bismuth-antimony (BiSb) flake-like alloy in ethylene glycol aqueous solution. The formation mechanism for the BiSb alloy was discussed. Ultrasonic played an important role in regenerating electrode and promoting the formation of BiSb nanoflakes. Citrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were introduced as mixed controlling agents during the nucleation and growth process.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yi-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qing-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhu