SiC nanowires with thickness-controlled SiO2 shells have been obtained by a simple and efficient method, namely treatment of SiC/SiO2 core-shell nanowires in NaOH solution. The products were characterized by transmiss...SiC nanowires with thickness-controlled SiO2 shells have been obtained by a simple and efficient method, namely treatment of SiC/SiO2 core-shell nanowires in NaOH solution. The products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Raman spectroscopy, infrared （IR） spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The thickness of the SiO2 shell can be effectively controlled by selecting the appropriate processing time, and pure SiC nanowires were also obtained by alkaline cleaning in 1 mol-L-1 NaOH solution for 40 min at 70 ~C. A mechanism for the removal of the SiO2 shells has been proposed, and a two-phase reaction kinetic equation was derived to explain the rate of the removal of the SiO2 shells. The validity of this equation was verified by experiment. This work not only describes an effective experimental method for achieving SiC nanowires with thickness-controlled SiO2 coatings but also provides a fundamental theoretical equation with a certain level of generality. In addition, photoluminescence （PL） measurement results showed that the SiC nanowires sheathed with an optimum SiO2 thickness （3.03 nm） have better photoluminescence properties than either the bare SiC nanowires or SiC nanowires with thicker coatings of SiO2.展开更多
基金The work reported here was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51272117, 51172115, and 50972063, the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under Grant Nos. ZR2011EMZ001, and ZR2011EMQ011, the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No. 20123719110003, the Application Foundation Research Program of Qingdao under Grant No. 13-1-4- 117-jch, and the Tackling Key Program of Science and Technology in Shandong Province under Grant No. 2012GGX10218. We express our grateful thanks to them for their financial support.
文摘SiC nanowires with thickness-controlled SiO2 shells have been obtained by a simple and efficient method, namely treatment of SiC/SiO2 core-shell nanowires in NaOH solution. The products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Raman spectroscopy, infrared （IR） spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The thickness of the SiO2 shell can be effectively controlled by selecting the appropriate processing time, and pure SiC nanowires were also obtained by alkaline cleaning in 1 mol-L-1 NaOH solution for 40 min at 70 ~C. A mechanism for the removal of the SiO2 shells has been proposed, and a two-phase reaction kinetic equation was derived to explain the rate of the removal of the SiO2 shells. The validity of this equation was verified by experiment. This work not only describes an effective experimental method for achieving SiC nanowires with thickness-controlled SiO2 coatings but also provides a fundamental theoretical equation with a certain level of generality. In addition, photoluminescence （PL） measurement results showed that the SiC nanowires sheathed with an optimum SiO2 thickness （3.03 nm） have better photoluminescence properties than either the bare SiC nanowires or SiC nanowires with thicker coatings of SiO2.
