A Convenient Synthesis Route to the Zinc Metagermanate Nanorods

作者:Pei L Z; Wang J F; Tan W; Yu H Y; Fan C G; Chen J; Zhang Qian Feng
来源:Current Nanoscience, 2009, 5(4): 470-473.
DOI:10.2174/157341309789378159

摘要

Zinc metagermanate nanorods have been synthesized by a directly hydrothermal deposition process. The analyses of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) indicate that the products are mainly composed of ternary mixed oxide ZnGeO(3) with multi-crystalline rhombohedral phase and porous structure. The observation from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) shows that the nanorods have a diameter of 100-600 nm and a length up to 30 mu m. Room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectrum displays that the nanorods have a strong emission band at a wavelength of 400 mu m. The proposed growth mechanism is also discussed in the paper.