Issue 42, 2017

Ternary hybrid nanostructures of Au–CdS–ZnO grown via a solution–liquid–solid route using Au–ZnO catalysts

Abstract

Multi-component nanostructures of Au–CdS–ZnO with a novel morphology were synthesized by a non-conventional strategy where seeded growth is combined with solution–liquid–solid (SLS) growth. Each of these synthetic routes is used for growing a different domain of the final heterostructure, where ZnO rods are grown first on Au nanoparticles via heterogeneous nucleation while CdS is later grown between these two domains via SLS, using the Au tip of the preformed Au–ZnO as a catalyst. The in situ alloying of the Au tip with Cd enabled the metal tip to function as an SLS catalyst at a relatively mild reaction temperature which is lower than the melting point of pure Au.

Graphical abstract: Ternary hybrid nanostructures of Au–CdS–ZnO grown via a solution–liquid–solid route using Au–ZnO catalysts

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Aug 2017
Accepted
27 Sep 2017
First published
20 Oct 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 16138-16142

Ternary hybrid nanostructures of Au–CdS–ZnO grown via a solution–liquid–solid route using Au–ZnO catalysts

K. Flomin, M. Diab and T. Mokari, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16138 DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06382B

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