Bi(2)S(3) Nanotubes: Facile Synthesis and Growth Mechanism

作者:Wang Dingsheng; Hao Chenhui; Zheng Wen; Ma Xiaoling; Chu Deren; Peng Qing; Li Yadong*
来源:Nano Research, 2009, 2(2): 130-134.
DOI:10.1007/s12274-009-9010-2

摘要

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 Bi(2)S(3) nanotubes with average size of 20 nm x 160 nm using only bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO(3))(3)center dot 5H(2)O) 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 Bi(2)S(3) nanotubes and the classic rolling mechanism was applied to explain their formation process.