Synthesis of uniform CoTe and NiTe semiconductor nanocluster wires through a novel coreduction method

Qing Peng; Yajie Dong; Yadong Li

doi:10.1021/ic0262031

Synthesis of uniform CoTe and NiTe semiconductor nanocluster wires through a novel coreduction method

Inorg Chem. 2003 Apr 7;42(7):2174-5. doi: 10.1021/ic0262031.

Authors

Qing Peng¹, Yajie Dong, Yadong Li

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, the Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanoscience (China Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.

PMID: 12665342
DOI: 10.1021/ic0262031

Abstract

A novel coreduction method was developed to synthesize uniform one-dimensional CoTe and NiTe nanocluster wires. In the synthesis, soluble Na(2)TeO(3) was used to supply a highly reactive Te source and N(2)H(4).H(2)O was used both as reducing agent and as complexing agent. The as-prepared samples were characterized by XRD, TEM, and HRTEM. The probable formation mechanism of the nanowires is discussed.