Open AccessOn the 2H- to 3C-Type Transformation and Growth Mechanism of SiC Nanowires upon Carbothermal Reduction of Rice Straws
Author(s) -
Chang-Ning Huang,
Jhong-Yeh Lee,
Cheng Chien Wang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acs omega
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2470-1343
DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.1c05992
Subject(s) - materials science , carbothermic reaction , nanowire , coalescence (physics) , transmission electron microscopy , zigzag , chemical engineering , catalysis , crystallography , crystal twinning , stacking fault , nanotechnology , composite material , microstructure , chemistry , dislocation , carbide , biochemistry , physics , geometry , mathematics , astrobiology , engineering
SiC nanowires (NWs) and nanoparticles (NPs) fabricated by carbothermal reduction of rice straws with/without FeSi catalysts were characterized by transmission electron microscopy to study the catalyst-facilitated vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth against the oriented attachment of the crystals, which underwent 2H- to 3C-type transformation. The cotectic melt of the FeSi catalyst in the Fe-Si-C-O system turned out to promote the VLS growth to form straight and occasionally tapered NWs in contrast to the zigzag ones via the ( hkl )-specific coalescence of the faceted NPs. The SiC NWs showed [0001] 2H -directed growth more or less stacked with {111} 3C interlayers following the optimum crystallographic relationship (0001) 2H //{111̅} 3C ; [21̅1̅0] 2H //⟨101⟩ 3C with zigzag {111} 3C lateral steps and polysynthetic twins/faults near the (0001) 2H /(111) 3C interface. The FeSi-assisted VLS growth and twinning/stacking fault-coupled 2H to 3C phase change may be extended to novel green manufacturing and design of sustainable resources for other semiconductor NWs.