Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Peparation of Bi2Te3-polyaniline Heterostructured Nanorods by
Two-step Electrochemical Depositions

XU Xiao-Chuan, WANG Chun-Fen, YAO Qin, , FENG Chu-De
  

  1. (State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China)

  • Received:2005-11-21 Revised:2006-03-06 Published:2006-11-20 Online:2006-11-20

Abstract: We succeeded in the fabrication of polyananiline/Bi2Te3 heterostructured nanorods by means of two-step electrochemical depositions from aqueous solution. In the first step, polyaniline nanotubules were electrodeposited in alumina template. In the second step, using conducting polyaniline nanotubules as template, Bi2Te3 nanorods were electrodeposited. Characterizations of XRD indicate that the deposited Bi2Te3 rods are highly textured in the {110} direction. Furthermore, FESEM and TEM analysis show that the Bi2Te3 nanorods are well enveloped in polyaniline tubules in pores of alumina template. The two-step electrodeposition method provides a promising path for fabricating organic-inorganic heterostructured nanorods.

Key words: polyaniline, Bi2Te3, nano composite

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