Issue 12, 2010
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CrystEngComm

Controllable synthesis of well-dispersed and uniform-sized single crystalline zinc hydroxystannate nanocubes

Zi Qin,a   Yunhua Huang,a   Qinyu Wang,a   Junjie Qi,a   Xiujun Xinga  and  Yue Zhang*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China
E-mail: yuezhang@ustb.edu.cn

b Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Abstract

Single crystalline zinc hydroxystannate (ZnSn(OH)6) nanocubes have been synthesized on α-{Cu,Sn} copper foils by a low-temperature hydrothermal method. The obtained ZnSn(OH)6 nanocubes have the cubic perovskite crystalline structure and uniform arrangement on the substrate. The possible growth process of the ZnSn(OH)6 crystalline is proposed. The well-dispersed distribution and uniform size of the ZnSn(OH)6 cubes are successfully achieved thanks to the substrate which plays an important role to control the nucleation site and provide Sn4+ ions. The size of the cubes can be adjusted from nanometre to micrometre scale by prolonging the reaction time. After the secondary nucleation, a novel morphology of mother–daughter double cubes was formed. The decomposition of ZnSn(OH)6 cubes annealed at high temperature is also investigated, and interesting hollow-shaped morphology changes are discovered. This method will be useful for the controllable fabrication of nanomaterials and potential applications in nanoscale devices.

Graphical abstract: Controllable synthesis of well-dispersed and uniform-sized single crystalline zinc hydroxystannate nanocubes

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CE00152J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Apr 2010
Accepted
04 Jun 2010
First published
30 Jul 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 4156-4160

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Controllable synthesis of well-dispersed and uniform-sized single crystalline zinc hydroxystannate nanocubes

Z. Qin, Y. Huang, Q. Wang, J. Qi, X. Xing and Y. Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 4156 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00152J

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