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J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 135 - 144, DOI: 10.1039/b914950c
Metal surface nucleated supercritical fluid–solid–solid growth of Si and Ge/SiOx core–shell nanowires
Christopher A. Barrett, Robert D. Gunning, Thomas Hantschel, Kai Arstila, Catriona O'Sullivan, Hugh Geaney and Kevin M. Ryan
High yields of both single-crystalline Si and Ge/SiOx core–shell nanowires were nucleated and grown in metal reactor cells under high-pressure supercritical fluid conditions, without the addition of catalyst particle seeds or a porous template. Nanowire growth was only achieved when the fluid medium of supercritical CO2 and the organometallic precursors were used in conjunction with a coordinating solvent, trioctylphosphine. The diameter and length of the nanowires are found to be in the ranges of 30 to 60 nm and 1 to 10 µm, respectively. The correlation of nanowire growth with the eutectic binary phase diagrams of the semiconductor–metal and the presence of metal impurities at the base of the synthesized nanowires suggest a supercritical fluid–solid–solid growth mechanism occurring from the reaction cell walls. The nanowires are characterized by transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The electrical characteristics for individually picked nanowires are also investigated by means of mechanical nanoprobing.
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