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Bi2S3 Nanotubes: Facile Synthesis and Growth Mechanism

Show Author's Information Dingsheng Wang,  Chenhui Hao,  Wen Zheng,  Xiaoling Ma,  Deren Chu,  Qing Peng,  Yadong Li( )
Department of Chemistry Tsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084 China
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nanotubes, solution-based synthesis, Bi2S3, rolling mechanism
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Wang D, Hao C, Zheng W, et al. Bi2S3 Nanotubes: Facile Synthesis and Growth Mechanism. Nano Research, 2009, 2(2): 130-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-009-9010-2
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Synthesis of tubular nanomaterials has become a prolific area of investigation due to their wide range of applications. A facile solution-based method has been designed to fabricate uniform Bi2S3 nanotubes with average size of 20 nm × 160 nm using only bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO3)3·5H2O) and sulfur powder (S) as the reactants and octadecylamine (ODA) as the solvent. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX) experiments were employed to characterize the resulting Bi2S3 nanotubes and the classic rolling mechanism was applied to explain their formation process.


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Bi2S3 Nanotubes: Facile Synthesis and Growth Mechanism

Show Author's information Dingsheng Wang, Chenhui Hao, Wen Zheng, Xiaoling Ma, Deren Chu, Qing Peng, Yadong Li( )
Department of Chemistry Tsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084 China

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Synthesis of tubular nanomaterials has become a prolific area of investigation due to their wide range of applications. A facile solution-based method has been designed to fabricate uniform Bi2S3 nanotubes with average size of 20 nm × 160 nm using only bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO3)3·5H2O) and sulfur powder (S) as the reactants and octadecylamine (ODA) as the solvent. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX) experiments were employed to characterize the resulting Bi2S3 nanotubes and the classic rolling mechanism was applied to explain their formation process.

Keywords: nanotubes, solution-based synthesis, Bi2S3, rolling mechanism

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Received: 22 October 2008
Revised: 04 December 2008
Accepted: 04 December 2008
Published: 01 February 2009
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This work is supported by National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (90606006), the State Key Project of Fundamental Research for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2006CB932300), the Key Grant Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 306020) and the National Undergraduate Innovation Training Project.

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