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Solvothermal growth of NiS single-crystalline nanorods

  • Pengfei Yang
  • , B. Song
  • , R. Wu
  • , Yufeng Zheng
  • , Yanfei Sun
  • , J. K. Jian*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Xinjiang University
  • CAS - Institute of Physics

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Abstract

Nanorods of NiS were successfully prepared by a solvothermal synthetic route using S and Ni powders as reagents in ethylenediamine (en) solvent at the temperature of 200 °C. The as prepared NiS nanorods were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that the nanorods have diameters and lengths in the region from 80 nm to 120 nm, and from 2 μm to 3 μm, respectively. The NiS nanorods are single crystals with millerite structure. On the basis of the experimental results and corresponding literatures, a possible growth mechanism of the NiS nanorods crystals is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)450-454
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume481
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Jul 2009

Keywords

  • Crystal growth
  • Nanostructures
  • Scanning and transmission electron microscopy

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