Growth of carbon sausages filled with <I>in situ</I> formed tungsten oxide nanorods: thermal dissociation of tungsten(VI) isopropoxide in isopropanol

Abstract

Inthisarticle,wereportasimple,one-stage,efficientsyntheticmethodforthegrowthofcarbonsausagesfilledwithinsituformedtungstenoxidenanorods(CSTON),withoutanyexternalcatalyst.Thethermaldissociationoftungsten(VI)isopropoxide,5%w/vinisopropanolat7001CinaclosedSwagelokcellinaninertatmosphereyieldedaCSTONproduct.TheproductischaracterizedbySEM,TEM,EDAX,C,H,N,Sanalysis,TGA,Ramanspectroscopy,andHR-TEM.Theassignmentofthestructureofthesausagesasacarbonshell,withthecentralpartbeingtheWOx,isbasedonSAEDSspectra.Thesamereactionwasalsoconductedatalowertemperatureclosertothetemperaturesofsolvothermalreactions,at3501C.ThereactionyieldedWOxnanorodswithadiameterrangingfrom10nmto50nmandalengthofupto6mm

Published in

New Journal of Chemistry
2006, volume: 30, pages: 370-376

SLU Authors

• Kessler, Vadim

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

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