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A simple glucose reduction route for the synthesis of sheet‐like copper dendrites
Author(s) -
Ni Yonghong,
Wang Biao,
Liu Rong,
Hong Jianming
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.200900209
Subject(s) - transmission electron microscopy , scanning electron microscope , yield (engineering) , chemistry , diffraction , reducing agent , copper , powder diffraction , crystallography , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , nuclear chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , optics , physics , engineering
Abstract In the current paper we designed a simple glucose reduction route for synthesis of sheet‐like Cu dendrites on a high yield, using CuSO 4 as the starting material. The reaction was carried out at 180 °C for 18 h in the absence of any structure‐directing agent. The product was characterized by X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron diffraction (ED). Some factors influencing the shapes of Cu microcrystals, including the reaction temperature, time, and the concentration of the starting CuSO 4 , were investigated. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)