Title :
Chemical reduction route towards fabrication of four-fold shape Ce(OH)CO3 dendrites
Author :
Qing Xie ; Dong En Zhang ; Feng Li ; Shan Zhong Li ; Xiao Bo Zhang ; Gui Quan Han ; Ai Ling Ying ; Zhi Wei Tong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Huaihai Inst. of Technol., Lianyungang, China
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Highly uniform four-fold shape Ce(OH)CO3 dendrites were successfully prepared in large quantities through a facile reduction hydrothermal approach. The samples were prepared from the reaction of Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6 with CO(NH2)2 at 160°C in a water°N2H4 complex. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterise the products. The influence of the N2H4 on the dendrites formation was discussed.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; cerium compounds; crystal growth from solution; dendrites; molecule-molecule reactions; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; reduction (chemical); scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; Ce(OH)CO3; X-ray diffraction; chemical reduction route; four-fold shape Ce(OH)CO3 dendrites; reduction hydrothermal approach; scanning electron microscopy; temperature 160 degC; transmission electron microscopy; water-N2H4 complex;
Journal_Title :
Micro & Nano Letters, IET
DOI :
10.1049/mnl.2011.0205
