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Microstructure development in zinc oxide nanowires and iron oxohydroxide nanotubes by cathodic electrodeposition in nanopores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2011

Michiel G. Maas ,
Eddy J.B. Rodijk ,
A. Wouter Maijenburg ,
Dave H.A. Blank  and
Johan E. ten Elshof
Michiel G. Maas
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Science, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Eddy J.B. Rodijk
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Science, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
A. Wouter Maijenburg
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Science, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Dave H.A. Blank
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Science, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Johan E. ten Elshof*
Affiliation:
Inorganic Materials Science, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: j.e.tenelshof@utwente.nl
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Abstract

The cathodic electrodeposition of crystalline ZnO nanowires and amorphous FeO(OH) nanotubes in polycarbonate track-etched membranes with pore diameters of 50–200 nm is reported. Nitrate was used as a sacrificial precursor for the electrochemical generation of hydroxyl ions that raised the pH of the interior of the nanopore, leading to precipitation of a metal oxide or hydroxide phase. The crystalline and semiconducting ZnO phase formed directly above 60 °C at sufficiently high pH and led to the formation of dense nanowires with preferential (0001) orientation. The morphology of the wire could be influenced by the deposition temperature. Axially segmented gold–ZnO and silver–ZnO nanowires were made. In contrast, the iron hydroxide phase deposited inside the pore as a permeable gel that collapsed and transformed into hollow FeO(OH) tubes during drying. The as-formed nanotubes were amorphous and could be filled with nickel in a subsequent electrodeposition step, yielding core-shell nickel iron-oxohydroxide nanowires. The cathodic efficiency of nitrate reduction was low in both cases, suggesting that diffusional supply of metal ions may be the rate-determining step.

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ElectrodepositionOxideNanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 17: Focus Issue: Nanowires: Fundamentals and Applications , 14 September 2011 , pp. 2261 - 2267
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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