Published February 7, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Synthesis of solid and hollow ATO spheres by carbothermal reduction of ATO nanoparticles

  • 1. School of Chemistry and Ecological Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, Guangxi (China)
  • 2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, Guangxi (China)

Description

Solid and hollow ATO spheres were fabricated by heating ATO nanoparticles and graphite mixture in a tube furnace. The as-synthesized samples were characterized by EDS, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM and HRTEM. The size of the solid spheres could be controlled by adjusting the rate of Ar flow and deposition positions. The hollow spheres were synthesized in an alumina tube system under conditions of a relatively high oxygen concentration. The growth mechanism of solid and hollow spheres was analysed

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0957-4484/18/5/055703;
PII
S0957-4484(07)30435-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 055703
ISSN
0957-4484