Synthesis of Nanowires by Spray Pyrolysis

Abstract EN

Nanowires of carbon as well as nickel-carbon (Ni-C) were synthesized by spray-pyrolysis.

The carbon nanowires were synthesized using methanol as a precursor while the Ni-C nanowires were obtained by using nickel chloride methanol solution as feed.

It was found that low argon carrier gas flow rates (<100 cm3/min) and suitable reaction temperatures (∼700∘C) were found to be critical for the formation of wired structures.

The formation of nanowires was quite sensitive to reaction temperature.

Nanowires could not form at temperatures higher than 900∘C in the presence of hexane.

Ruthenium chloride and nickel chloride dissolved in hexane and methanol resulted in carbon coated binary metallic nanoparticles.

Morphological differences of carbon nanowires, Ni-C wires and carbon coated binary nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS).

The formation mechanism for the wired structures is proposed to explain the structural results obtained.