Template-free electrosynthesis of crystalline germanium nanowires from solid germanium oxide in molten CaCl2-NaCl

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 369-374

  Yin, Huayi ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a   Mao, Xuhui ^a   Wei, Weifeng ^b   Zhu, Hua ^a   Wang, Dihua ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Electrosynthesis; Ge nanowires; Molten salt electrochemistry; Solid state electrochemistry

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROSPECT; CRYSTALLINE GERMANIUM; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTROSYNTHESIS; MOLTEN SALT; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SOLID-STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUSED SALTS; INFRARED IMAGING; NANOWIRES;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84877598041     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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