Large-scale synthesis of aluminium borate nanowires by a simple molten salt method. Issue 2 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Yingheng; Xia, Yao; Long, Qiwei; Liao, Sen; Li, Yu; Liang, Jianqun; Cai, Jiajia
• Is Part Of: Ceramics international. Volume 41:Issue 2(2015)Part A
• Page Start: 2607
• Page End: 2610
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: A. Sintering -- Nanocrystalline materials -- Ceramics -- Aluminum borate nanowire -- Molten salt; Ceramics -- Periodicals; Céramique industrielle -- Périodiques; Ceramics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 666
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.10.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-8842

Abstract

Abstract: Aluminum borate nanowires were synthesized in a molten salt method at 1100 °C in the air by using ammonium aluminum carbonate hydroxide (AACH) and H3 BO3 as starting materials. The as-synthesized samples were examined by XRD and SEM. The results showed that Al18 B4 O33 nanowires with an orthorhombic structure were formed at 1100 °C. A self-catalytic mechanism was proposed for the growth mechanism of the nanowires on the basis of the experimental phenomena.