1. Synthesis of SnO2 nanostructures by carbothermal reduction of SnO2 powder.
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Sun, S. H., Meng, G. W., Zhang, M. G., An, X. H., Wu, G. S., and Zhang, L. D.
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NANOSTRUCTURES ,GRAPHITE ,NANOWIRES ,CARBON - Abstract
The mass preparation of SnO
2 nanobelts and nanowires has been achieved by carrying out the reaction of SnO2 powder and graphite at 1150°C. A metallic catalyst and vacuum conditions are not necessary. The temperature of the substrates and the concentration of oxide vapour were the critical experimental parameters for the formation of different morphologies of SnO2 nanostructures. The as-synthesized SnO2 nanobelts formed in region II are single crystalline with a [101] growth axis, with widths ranging from 50 to 500 nm, width-to-thickness ratios of 510, and lengths up to a few millimetres. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2004
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