TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystalline silicon carbide nanoparticles encapsulated in branched wavelike carbon nanotubes
T2 - Synthesis and optical properties
AU - Xi, Guangcheng
AU - Yu, Shijun
AU - Zhang, Rui
AU - Zhang, Meng
AU - Ma, Dekun
AU - Qian, Yitai
PY - 2005/7/14
Y1 - 2005/7/14
N2 - A novel nanostructure, cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) nanoparticles encapsulated in branched wavelike carbon nanotubes have been prepared by a reaction of 1,2-dimenthoxyethane (CH3OCH2CH 2OCH3), SiCl4, and Mg in an autoclave at 600°C. According to X-ray powder diffraction, the products are composed of 3C-SiC and carbon. TEM and HRTEM images show that the as-synthesized products are composed of 3C-SiC nanoparticles encapsulated in branched carbon nanotubes with wavelike walls. The diameter of the 3C-SiC cores is approximately 20-40 nm and the thickness of the carbon shells is about 3-5 nm. In Raman scattering spectroscopy, both the TO (Γ) phonon line and the LO (Γ) phonon line have red shifts about 6 cm-1 relative to that for the bulk 3C-SiC. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum shows that there are two emission peaks: blue light emission (431 nm) and violet light emission (414 nm). A sequential deposition growth process (with cores as the templates for the shells) for the nanostructure was proposed.
AB - A novel nanostructure, cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) nanoparticles encapsulated in branched wavelike carbon nanotubes have been prepared by a reaction of 1,2-dimenthoxyethane (CH3OCH2CH 2OCH3), SiCl4, and Mg in an autoclave at 600°C. According to X-ray powder diffraction, the products are composed of 3C-SiC and carbon. TEM and HRTEM images show that the as-synthesized products are composed of 3C-SiC nanoparticles encapsulated in branched carbon nanotubes with wavelike walls. The diameter of the 3C-SiC cores is approximately 20-40 nm and the thickness of the carbon shells is about 3-5 nm. In Raman scattering spectroscopy, both the TO (Γ) phonon line and the LO (Γ) phonon line have red shifts about 6 cm-1 relative to that for the bulk 3C-SiC. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum shows that there are two emission peaks: blue light emission (431 nm) and violet light emission (414 nm). A sequential deposition growth process (with cores as the templates for the shells) for the nanostructure was proposed.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp051429l
DO - 10.1021/jp051429l
M3 - Article
C2 - 16852645
AN - SCOPUS:22844442689
SN - 1520-6106
VL - 109
SP - 13200
EP - 13204
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
IS - 27
ER -