Metallic and Ionic Fe Induced Growth of Si−SiOx Core−Shell Nanowires

Autor: Xin-Ju Yang, Jiu-Zhan Zhang, Yueqin Wu, Zuimin Jiang, Jin Zou, Tianxiao Nie, Zhigang Chen, Jia-Le Wang, Yongliang Fan
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114:15370-15376
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/jp105952m
Popis: Si−SiOx core−shell nanowires with a length of hundreds of micrometers and average diameters of 40−90 nm were fabricated by directly heating Si wafers coated with metallic Fe. These novel core−shell nanowires have a diamond structure for their ultrathin Si cores with a diameter of 5−8 nm aligned along the ⟨111⟩ growth directions inside much thicker amorphous SiOx shells. A new temperature-dependent alloy, metallic and ionic Fe (Fe−FeOx), catalyzed solid−liquid−solid mechanism is proposed to explain the growth of Si−SiOx core−shell nanowires based on both the synthesis conditions and microstructural characterizations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE