Synthesis of SnO flower-like architectures by varying the hydrothermal reaction time.

Zhang, He; Zeng, Wen; Li, Yanqiong; Miao, Bin; Chen, Weigen

We successfully synthesized hierarchical SnO flower-like architectures assembled with nanorods via a facile hydrothermal route under mild condition. The structures and morphologies of the obtained hierarchical architectures were characterized by means of powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. By varying hydrothermal reaction time, we obtained the sphere-like and flower-like SnO. The evolution that the morphology changing from sphere-like to flower-like was systematically investigated. Moreover, the mechanism of formation for this structure was proposed in detail.

NANOROD synthesis; HYDROTHERMAL alteration; X-ray powder diffraction; SCANNING electron microscopy; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 9, p3674

0957-4522

Academic Journal

10.1007/s10854-014-2074-0