• DocumentCode
    1445992
  • Title

    Sodium chloride assisted synthesis of silver nanowires

  • Author

    Zhong Chun Li ; Tong Ming Shang ; Quan Fa Zhou ; Ke Feng

  • Author_Institution
    Jiangsu Key Lab. of Precious Metals, Chem. & Eng., Changzhou, China
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    93
  • Abstract
    Silver nanowires with diameters of about 100 nm and lengths up to several micrometres have been synthesised by a developed polyol process with the assistance of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and sodium chloride (NaCl) on a large scale. Transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected areas electron diffraction and X-ray diffraction have been employed to characterise silver nanowires. The role of NaCl for the formation of silver nanowires has been discussed by taking into account the formation of silver chloride (AgCl) to consume silver ions and reduce the rate of nucleation.
  • Keywords
    X-ray diffraction; electron diffraction; nanofabrication; nanowires; nucleation; silver; transmission electron microscopy; Ag; PVP; X-ray diffraction; electron diffraction; high-resolution transmission electron microscopy; nucleation; polyol process; polyvinyl pyrrolidone; silver nanowires; sodium chloride assisted synthesis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro & Nano Letters, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-0443
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/mnl.2010.0183
  • Filename
    5710533