TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermally induced oxidative growth of copper oxide nanowire on dendritic micropowder and reductive conversion to copper nanowire
AU - Mirzagheytaghi, Amir
AU - Tabatabaei, Seyyede Shahrzad
AU - Saffari, Hamid
AU - Zhang, Guo Qi
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Copper nanowires (NWs) were constructed on a dendritic copper powder precursor by a facile thermal oxidation-reduction method. First, copper oxide NWs were grown from high purity dendritic copper powder by thermal oxidation at 500°C. Next, these oxide NWs were reduced to copper NWs under a hydrogen flow at two different temperatures of 220 and 500°C. Oxide NW diameters distribution was in the range of 50-105 nm with length ranging from 1 to 5 μm while copper NWs were shorter and wider. A time-dependent study of oxide NWs growth was carried out. The morphology, composition and crystal structure of the resulting products were characterised by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The results indicated that the final product of oxidation process was dispersed cupric oxide (CuO) NW whose density and length increased with time. Furthermore, it was observed that as the reduction temperature increased, the copper NW melted and adhered to the powder surface.
AB - Copper nanowires (NWs) were constructed on a dendritic copper powder precursor by a facile thermal oxidation-reduction method. First, copper oxide NWs were grown from high purity dendritic copper powder by thermal oxidation at 500°C. Next, these oxide NWs were reduced to copper NWs under a hydrogen flow at two different temperatures of 220 and 500°C. Oxide NW diameters distribution was in the range of 50-105 nm with length ranging from 1 to 5 μm while copper NWs were shorter and wider. A time-dependent study of oxide NWs growth was carried out. The morphology, composition and crystal structure of the resulting products were characterised by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The results indicated that the final product of oxidation process was dispersed cupric oxide (CuO) NW whose density and length increased with time. Furthermore, it was observed that as the reduction temperature increased, the copper NW melted and adhered to the powder surface.
U2 - 10.1049/mnl.2016.0195
DO - 10.1049/mnl.2016.0195
M3 - Article
SN - 1750-0443
VL - 11
SP - 412
EP - 415
JO - Micro and Nano Letters
JF - Micro and Nano Letters
IS - 8
ER -