| Title | Chemical Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Optical Properties, and Photocatalytic Activity of Ultrathin ZnSe Nanorods |
| Authors | Yao, Tingting Zhao, Qing Qiao, Zhengping Peng, Feng Wang, Hongjuan Yu, Hao Chi, Cheng Yang, Jian |
| Affiliation | S China Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, State Key Lab Mesoscop Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Dept Phys, Electron Microscopy Lab, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. Sun Yat Sen Univ, Dept Chem, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | crystal growth nanostructures photocatalysis synthesis design SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS SHAPE CONTROL NANOWIRES NANOSTRUCTURES ROUTE NANOBELTS ARRAYS |
| Issue Date | 2011 |
| Publisher | chemistry a european journal |
| Citation | CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL.2011,17,(31),8663-8670. |
| Abstract | Ultrathin ZnSe nanorods in the cubic phase have been synthesized by the reaction of selenium and zinc oleate for 30 min at 240 degrees C. These nanorods showed an average diameter of 2.4 nm, which is much smaller than the Bohr size of bulk ZnSe. Thus, they exhibited a remarkable quantum size effect in terms of their optical properties. The formation of the ultrathin nanorods could be attributed to the oriented attachment mechanism, which was supported by the structure of the nanorods and the control experiments. The ultrathin nanorods were transferred into an aqueous solution by ligand exchange. The performance of these nanorods as a catalyst was examined, using the photodegradation of methyl orange as a model reaction. It was found that the ultrathin nanorods possessed better photocatalytic activities than conventional ones. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/238908 |
| ISSN | 0947-6539 |
| DOI | 10.1002/chem.201003531 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) EI |
| Appears in Collections: | 人工微结构和介观物理国家重点实验室 |
