Growth mechanism and ultraviolet-visible property of novel thick-walled boron nitride nanostructures

• Published in: CrystEngComm Vol. 16; no. 13; pp. 2746 - 2753
• Main Authors: Wang, Jilin, Gu, Yunle, Li, Zili, Du, Xianwu, Zhang, Zhixiao, Wang, Weimin, Wang, Yucheng, Wang, Hao, Fu, Zhengyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Amorphous materials; Boron nitride; Chemical vapor deposition; Coprecipitation; Morphology; Nanostructure; Raw materials; Transmission electron microscopy

A novel kind of high quality thick-walled BN nano-tadpoles was successfully synthesized through an effective catalytic chemical vapor deposition combined with a co-precipitation method using Na 2 SiO 3 ·9H 2 O, Mg(NO 3 ) 2 ·6H 2 O and amorphous boron powders as raw materials. SEM, FSEM, EDX, TEM, HR...