<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Copper germanate (CuGeO3) nanowires have been synthesized by the hydrothermal deposition process using GeO2 and copper foil as the resource as well as the deposition substrate. The factors including hydrothermal temperature, pressure and duration of the process were investigated in order to analyze the processing parameters that control the formation process, morphology and size of the nanowires. The dependence of the nanowires properties on the growth conditions shows that the CuGeO3 nanowires can be synthesized in a large range of different hydrothermal parameters from 400 °C to 250 °C. The hydrothermal pressure has an important effect on the formation and growth of the CuGeO3 nanowires. The CuGeO3 nanowires exhibit good electrochemical cyclic voltammetry characteristics owing to offering many advantages in sensing applications including their small size, high aspect ratio and conductance.</p></abstract>

Copper germanate (CuGeO3) nanowires have been synthesized by the hydrothermal deposition process using GeO2 and copper foil as the resource as well as the deposition substrate. The factors including hydrothermal temperature, pressure and duration of the process were investigated in order to analyze the processing parameters that control the formation process, morphology and size of the nanowires. The dependence of the nanowires properties on the growth conditions shows that the CuGeO3 nanowires can be synthesized in a large range of different hydrothermal parameters from 400 °C to 250 °C. The hydrothermal pressure has an important effect on the formation and growth of the CuGeO3 nanowires. The CuGeO3 nanowires exhibit good electrochemical cyclic voltammetry characteristics owing to offering many advantages in sensing applications including their small size, high aspect ratio and conductance.

Dependence of growth conditions on copper germanate nanowires and their electrochemical characteristics

Key Lab of Materials Science and Processing of Anhui Province, Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui, 243002, P. R. China

Materials Science-Poland

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Copper germanate (CuGeO3) nanowires have been synthesized by the hydrothermal deposition process using GeO2 and copper foil as the resource as well as the...

Dependence of growth conditions on copper germanate nanowires and their electrochemical characteristics

Publié en ligne: 08 mai 2012

Pages: 241 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-011-0040-6

Mots clés
copper germanate nanowires, growth condition dependence, electrochemical characteristics

© 2011 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Dependence of growth conditions on copper germanate nanowires and their electrochemical characteristics

Publié en ligne: 08 mai 2012

Pages: 241 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-011-0040-6

Mots cléscopper germanate nanowires, growth condition dependence, electrochemical characteristics

© 2011 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
copper germanate nanowires, growth condition dependence, electrochemical characteristics