Thabethe, BSMalgas, GFMotaung, DEMalwela, TArendse, CJ2013-12-132013-12-132013-01Thabethe, B.S, Malgas, G.F, Motaung, D.E, Malwela, T and Arendse, C.J. 2013. Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process. Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2013, pp 1-71687-4110http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/2013/712361/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7123Copyright © 2013 Bongani S. Thabethe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.The authors report on the synthesis of tin oxide (SnO(sub2)) nanowires by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Commercially bought SnO nanopowders were vaporized at 1050°C for 30 minutes with argon gas continuously passing through the system. The as-synthesized products were characterized using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The band gap of the nanowires determined from UV-visible absorption was around 3.7eV. The SEM micrographs revealed “wool-like” structure which contains nanoribbons and nanowires with liquid droplets at the tips. Nanowires typically have diameter in the range of 50–200nm and length 10–100µm. These nanowires followed the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism.enNanomaterialsChemical vapor depositionCVDNanowiresSnO nanopowdersArticleThabethe, B., Malgas, G., Motaung, D., Malwela, T., & Arendse, C. (2013). Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7123Thabethe, BS, GF Malgas, DE Motaung, T Malwela, and CJ Arendse "Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7123Thabethe B, Malgas G, Motaung D, Malwela T, Arendse C. Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7123.TY - Article AU - Thabethe, BS AU - Malgas, GF AU - Motaung, DE AU - Malwela, T AU - Arendse, CJ AB - The authors report on the synthesis of tin oxide (SnO(sub2)) nanowires by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Commercially bought SnO nanopowders were vaporized at 1050°C for 30 minutes with argon gas continuously passing through the system. The as-synthesized products were characterized using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The band gap of the nanowires determined from UV-visible absorption was around 3.7eV. The SEM micrographs revealed “wool-like” structure which contains nanoribbons and nanowires with liquid droplets at the tips. Nanowires typically have diameter in the range of 50–200nm and length 10–100µm. These nanowires followed the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism. DA - 2013-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Nanomaterials KW - Chemical vapor deposition KW - CVD KW - Nanowires KW - SnO nanopowders LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 1687-4110 T1 - Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process TI - Self-catalytic growth of tin oxide nanowires by chemical vapor deposition process UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7123 ER -