Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>In this study, a novel and facile approach for the synthesis of ternary boron carbonitride (B–C–N) nanotubes was reported. Growth occurred by heating simple starting materials of boron powder, zinc oxide powder, and ethanol absolute at 1150 &a...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>In this study, a novel and facile approach for the synthesis of ternary boron carbonitride (B–C–N) nanotubes was reported. Growth occurred by heating simple starting materials of boron powder, zinc oxide powder, and ethanol absolute at 1150 °C under a mixture gas flow of nitrogen and hydrogen. As substrate, commercial stainless steel foil with a typical thickness of 0.05 mm played an additional role of catalyst during the growth of nanotubes. The nanotubes were characterized by SEM, TEM, EDX, and EELS. The results indicate that the synthesized B–C–N nanotubes exhibit a bamboo-like morphology and B, C, and N elements are homogeneously distributed in the nanotubes. A catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) mechanism was proposed for the growth of the nanotubes.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ad765b2be644f449873af40ae654ad22023-09-02T19:57:10ZengSpringerOpenNanoscale Research Letters1931-75731556-276X2009-01-0148834838Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride NanotubesLuo LijieMo LibinTong ZhangfaChen Yongjun<p>Abstract</p> <p>In this study, a novel and facile approach for the synthesis of ternary boron carbonitride (B–C–N) nanotubes was reported. Growth occurred by heating simple starting materials of boron powder, zinc oxide powder, and ethanol absolute at 1150 °C under a mixture gas flow of nitrogen and hydrogen. As substrate, commercial stainless steel foil with a typical thickness of 0.05 mm played an additional role of catalyst during the growth of nanotubes. The nanotubes were characterized by SEM, TEM, EDX, and EELS. The results indicate that the synthesized B–C–N nanotubes exhibit a bamboo-like morphology and B, C, and N elements are homogeneously distributed in the nanotubes. A catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) mechanism was proposed for the growth of the nanotubes.</p>http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-009-9325-7B–C–N nanotubesSynthesisStainless steel foilCharacterizationVLS model |
| spellingShingle | Luo Lijie Mo Libin Tong Zhangfa Chen Yongjun Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes Nanoscale Research Letters B–C–N nanotubes Synthesis Stainless steel foil Characterization VLS model |
| title | Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes |
| title_full | Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes |
| title_fullStr | Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes |
| title_short | Facile Synthesis of Ternary Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes |
| title_sort | facile synthesis of ternary boron carbonitride nanotubes |
| topic | B–C–N nanotubes Synthesis Stainless steel foil Characterization VLS model |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-009-9325-7 |
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