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

Gedanken, Aharon; Pol, Swati V; Pol, Vilas G; Kessler, Vadim

Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2006

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

Authors' information

Kessler, Vadim

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Pol, Swati V.

Gedanken, Aharon

Pol, Vilas G.

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8951