The Morphology and Phases of Cu-In-2Se Powders Prepared by Hydrothermal Method

2011 ◽  
Vol 179-180 ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Ke Gao Liu ◽  
Shi Lei ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Ya Liu

Cu-In-2Se powders were synthesized by hydrothermal co-reduction method from CuCl2.2H2O, InCl3.4H2O and SeO2 at 95~200 °C in deionized water. The morphology and phases of the products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) respectively. Experimental results show that, CuInSe2 can be obtained at 120~200 °C, the major phase of the products synthesized at 120~200 °C are all the same. However the noticeable impurity phase In(OH)3 still exists in the product powders. The In(OH)3 phase decreases with the increasing of reacting temperature. The product powder obtained at 200 °C has fine and homogeneous particles with diameters of about 500 nm.

2012 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 637-640
Author(s):  
Yuan Xing Cai ◽  
Ke Gao Liu

The technologies of synthesizing Ni-S powders from 0.001 mol NiCl2•6H2O and 0.001 mol sulfur (S) powder were investigated at 95,105,120,140 and 160 °C. The phases and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Experimental results show that, the Ni-S powders prepared at 120~160 °C from NiCl2•6H2O and S powder have the same major phase NiS. These products have flakes or unregular shape grains with sizes of 100~200nm. However, the product powder prepared at 105 °C has the major phase Ni3S2 without obvious impurity phases and only grains with size less than 200nm. No Nickel sulfides can be synthesized at 95 °C under the experimental conditions. It can be found that the NiS phase appears in the products powders obtained at higher temperatures while Ni3S2 obtained at lower temperature.


2012 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 459-462
Author(s):  
Zhong Quan Ma ◽  
Ke Gao Liu

The nickel sulfides of NiS and NiS2 have been synthesized successfully at 180 °C and 160 °C by hydrothermal method from NiCl2•6H2O, S powder and NaOH. The phases and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Experimental results show that, the major phase of the powder product obtained at 180 °C is NiS2. The Ni-S powder obtained at 180 °C shows granular and hexagonal shapes with sizes of about 200~300 nm. The product powder obtained at 160 °C has the major phase NiS and minor phase NiS2. The morphology of this product was regular hexagonal flakes with side-length 200nm.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 1824-1827
Author(s):  
Ke Gao Liu ◽  
Bo Pang ◽  
Zhi Gang Wang ◽  
Bin Xu

Cu-Se compound powders are synthesized by hydrothermal co-reduction from CuSO4•5H2O and SeO2 in deionized water at 120~200 °C. The phases and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Experimental results show that, the CuSe phase can be synthesized at 120,150,180 and 200 °C, however, the purity phases become more with the temperature decreasing. It indicates that the reaction is more incomplete at lower temperature. Hexagonal flakes with side length 100~400 nm can be observed in the products at 150,180 and 200 °C, among which only the product prepared at 180 °C has the hexagonal flakes with good dispersity and homogeneous size with 200 nm length.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 1820-1823
Author(s):  
Ke Gao Liu ◽  
Ya Liu ◽  
Bin Xu

Ni-Se powders synthesized by hydrothermal co-reduction method from NiCl2.6H2O and SeO2 at 95~220 °C. The phases and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Experimental results show that, Ni0.85Se can be synthesized at 95~220 °C while noticeable impurities appeared at lower reaction temperatures. The products with single-phase Ni0.85Se obtained at 200 and 220 °C show hollow sphere structures with diameters of about 150 ~ 700 nm, which have complete and regular shape but no holes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Wei Sun ◽  
Wei Min Dai ◽  
Yong Cai Zhang

TiO2/SnS2 nanocomposite was synthesized via hydrothermal treatment of tin (IV) chloride pentahydrate, thioacetamide and TiO2 nanotubes in deionized water at 150 °C for 3 h. The structure, composition and optical property of the as-synthesized nanocomposite were characterized by X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra, and its photocatalytic property was tested in the reduction of aqueous Cr6+ under visible-light (λ > 420 nm) irradiation. It was observed that TiO2 nanotubes exhibited no photocatalytic activity, whereas TiO2/SnS2 nanocomposite exhibited photocatalytic activity in the reduction of aqueous Cr6+ under visible-light (λ > 420 nm) irradiation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1035 ◽  
pp. 321-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Yong Cai Zhang ◽  
Jin Gui Duan

A two-step method was developed for the preparation of CdO nanowires from CdO2 nanoparticles, that is, first, Cd(OH)2 nanowires were synthesized via solvothermal treatment of CdO2 nanoparticles in the mixed solution of deionized water and toluene at 180 °C for 24 h; second, CdO nanowires were obtained by thermolysis of the Cd(OH)2 nanowires in air at 300 °C for 3 h. The obtained products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.


2012 ◽  
Vol 184-185 ◽  
pp. 1171-1174
Author(s):  
Ke Gao Liu ◽  
Zhong Quan Ma ◽  
Jian Hua Wang

The Fe-Se powders have been prepared by hydrothermal method at temperatures of 160, 180 and 200 °C from FeCl3•6H2O and SeO2. The phases and morphology of the products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) respectively. Experimental results show that, the major phases of these product powders are all FeSe2, the impurity phase Se can be identified in spite of poor crystallinity of all samples. The poor crystallinity becomes seriously at lower synthesizing temperature under the experimental conditions. These product powders consist of grains, rods or flakes with sizes of 20~300nm, among which the product obtained at 180 °C has the smallest size of 20~40 nm.


2017 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 395-402
Author(s):  
Zi Run Wang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Gui Qi Xie ◽  
Yi Wu ◽  
Ming Nie ◽  
...  

Cu-Ag alloy nanoparticles were synthesized by a liquid phase reduction method. Using sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate (SFS) as reducing agents, copper-silver bimetallic nanoleaflets with high content of Cu were prepared. The obtained Cu-Ag bimetallic nanocrystal were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Different molar ratio of Cu-Ag bimetallic nanomaterials could produce different morphologies. The surfactant β-CD plays a crucial role on the structure of the products. The different molar ratios of Cu-Ag were also investigated. The electrochemical activity was evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in a 0.5M Na2SO4 electrolyte.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Machteld E. Kamminga ◽  
Maria Batuk ◽  
Joke Hadermann ◽  
Simon J. Clarke

Abstract Topological superconductivity is of great contemporary interest and has been proposed in doped Bi2Se3, in which electron-donating atoms such as Cu, Sr or Nb have been intercalated into the Bi2Se3 structure. For NbxBi2Se3, with Tc ~ 3 K, it is assumed in the literature that Nb is inserted in the van der Waals gap. However, in this work an alternative origin for the superconductivity in Nb-doped Bi2Se3 is established. In contrast to previous reports, it is deduced that Nb intercalation in Bi2Se3 does not take place. Instead, the superconducting behaviour in samples of nominal composition NbxBi2Se3 results from the (BiSe)1.10NbSe2 misfit phase that is present in the sample as an impurity phase for small x (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.10) and as a main phase for large x (x = 0.50). The structure of this misfit phase is studied in detail using a combination of X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy techniques.


Author(s):  
R. Gronsky

The phenomenon of clustering in Al-Ag alloys has been extensively studied since the early work of Guinierl, wherein the pre-precipitation state was characterized as an assembly of spherical, ordered, silver-rich G.P. zones. Subsequent x-ray and TEM investigations yielded results in general agreement with this model. However, serious discrepancies were later revealed by the detailed x-ray diffraction - based computer simulations of Gragg and Cohen, i.e., the silver-rich clusters were instead octahedral in shape and fully disordered, atleast below 170°C. The object of the present investigation is to examine directly the structural characteristics of G.P. zones in Al-Ag by high resolution transmission electron microscopy.


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