Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 172.

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A Study of Preparing and Morphology of Tetrapod-like ZnO Whiskers

CHEN Er-Fan1,2, TIAN Ya-Juan1, CHENG Yuan-Jie1, ZHOU Ben-Lian2   

  1. 1. Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology, Shenyang1002 China;
    2. Instituteof Metal Research, Chinese Academy Sciences, Shenyang 110015, China
  • Received:1999-05-13 Online:2000-02-24 Published:2000-02-24

Abstract: This paper dealt with the preparing conditions and morphology of tetrapod -like zinc oxide (T-ZnO) whiskers with an angle of 109° between any two legs, which were prepared by vapor-phase oxidation of zinc metal in the air and by introducing white carbon black as a reaction catalyst. The product was pure zinc oxide verified by EDSand XRDpatterns of T-ZnOwhisker, in which the peaks are sharp with narrow half-widths and can be identified as a wurtzite ZnOstructure. Morphology of T-ZnOwhiskers was affected greatly by white carbon black as mold catalyst and supersaturations ratio(the fractional pressures of zinc vapor vs pressed air).

Key words: Zinc oxide whisker, Tetrapod-like whisker, Preparation, Morphology

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