A convenient solvothermal synthesis route to metal phosphides with a shape of hollow nanospheres

Keyan Bao; Shuzhen Liu; Jie Cao; Jiangbo Liang; Yongchun Zhu; Xiaobo Hu; Lingling Zhu; Xiaoyan Liu; Yitai Qian

doi:10.1166/jnn.2009.1267

A convenient solvothermal synthesis route to metal phosphides with a shape of hollow nanospheres

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2009 Aug;9(8):4918-23. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1267.

Authors

Keyan Bao¹, Shuzhen Liu, Jie Cao, Jiangbo Liang, Yongchun Zhu, Xiaobo Hu, Lingling Zhu, Xiaoyan Liu, Yitai Qian

Affiliation

¹ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.

PMID: 19928169
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1267

Abstract

InP hollow nanospheres with an average size of 550 nm and shell thickness of about 110 nm were solvothermally synthesized in EA (ethanolamine)-H2O binary solution at 190 degrees C for 36 h. The shells of InP hollow nanospheres were composed of small nanoparticles. The similar route has been extended to prepare Cd3P2, Cu3P and Sn4P3 hollow nanospheres in 150-190 degrees C for 24-36 h.