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Thermal Stability and Optical Performance of CePO4 Nanowires

YANG Ru*, LI Yu-Shu, ZHONG Xu-Feng, LI Min   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China)
  • Received:2008-05-12 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-03-10 Published:2009-03-10
  • Contact: YANG Ru

Abstract: The hexagonal and monoclinic monazite CePO4 nanowires with a narrow range of diameter distribution and large aspect ratio were synthesized mildly through hydrothermal process at 150 ℃ using CeCl3·7H2O and H3PO4 as the raw materials. The crystal structure, micro-morphology, and photoluminescence of the nanowires were characterized by XRD, TEM, HRTEM, and UV spectrophotometer. The results indicate that the diameter of hexagonal CePO4 nanowires is approximately 40 nm, the length is 3 μm, while the diameter of monoclinic(monazite) CePO4 nanowires is approximately 50 nm, the length can reach 20 μm and the nanowires are of high purity, homogeneity and well crystallinty. The crystalline phase of CePO4 nanowires can be controlled simply by changing the hydrothermal reaction time. The crystalline phase of CePO4 nanowires changes from hexagonal to monoclinic monazite while the reaction time increases. With the increase of calcining temperature, the width of CePO4 nanowires increases, and the samples remain 1D morphology even after calcined at 1000 ℃, indicating the good thermal stability of the nanowires. The intensity of UV excited emission decreases while the calcining temperature increases.

Key words: Monazite cerium phosphate, Nanowire, Hydrothermal method, Thermal stability

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