Kessler, Vadim
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2006Peer reviewed
Growth of carbon sausages filled with in situ formed tungsten oxide nanorods: thermal dissociation of tungsten(VI) isopropoxide in isopropanol
Gedanken, Aharon; Pol, Swati V; Pol, Vilas G; Kessler, Vadim
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
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8951