Preparation and characterization of the antimony telluride hexagonal nanoplates

Nanostructured thermoelectric materials are of much interest for improving the thermoelectric figure of merit. In the present work, Sb 2Te 3 hexagonal nanoplates were successfully fabricated via a facile hydrothermal method. The products were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, field-emissi...

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Published in:Current applied physics 2009, 9(1), , pp.224-226
Main Authors: Yuan, Qiu-li, Nie, Qiu-lin, Huo, De-xuan
Format: Article
Language:English
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61.46.HK
81.07.−b
81.16.Be
Nanomaterials
Sb 2Te 3
Semiconductors
물리학
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Summary:Nanostructured thermoelectric materials are of much interest for improving the thermoelectric figure of merit. In the present work, Sb 2Te 3 hexagonal nanoplates were successfully fabricated via a facile hydrothermal method. The products were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The results show that the typical Sb 2Te 3 crystal is hexagonal in shape with about 35 nm in thickness and 300 nm in edge length. The mechanism for formation of Sb 2Te 3 hexagonal nanoplates is primarily discussed.
ISSN:1567-1739
1878-1675
DOI:10.1016/j.cap.2008.01.015