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Synthesis of hexagonal prism-shaped SiC nanowires from a mixture of bamboo flour and silica xerogel

ZHONG LI1,* , YUANYUAN QIAN1, JIA ZHAO1, TONNGHE YAO1, DEXIN TAN1, MINGGONG CHEN1

Affiliation

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Science & Technology, Huainan 232001, China

Abstract

Large-scale SiC nanowires with hexagonal prism-shaped have been successfully synthesized by the carbothermal reduction without catalyst assistant. In the process, a mixture of bamboo flour and silica xerogel was chosen as raw materials. The phase composition, morphology and microstructure were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The results showed that the nanowires were grown as single crystalline 3C-SiC along the [111] direction and have diameters of 100-200 nm with lengths up to several tens of micrometers. The growth of SiC nanowires is governed by vapor-solid(VS) mechanism..

Keywords

SiC, nanowires, Crystal structure, Microstructure.

Citation

ZHONG LI, YUANYUAN QIAN, JIA ZHAO, TONNGHE YAO, DEXIN TAN, MINGGONG CHEN, Synthesis of hexagonal prism-shaped SiC nanowires from a mixture of bamboo flour and silica xerogel, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 5-6, May-June 2015, pp.734-737 (2015).

Submitted at: Aug. 7, 2014

Accepted at: May 7, 2015