Nanoscale Research Letters (Jan 2009)

SnO<sub>2</sub>Nanowire Arrays and Electrical Properties Synthesized by Fast Heating a Mixture of SnO<sub>2</sub>and CNTs Waste Soot

  • Zhou Zhi-Hua,
  • Zhang Li-Ying,
  • Zhang Ya-Fei,
  • Qin Zhen,
  • Li Zi-Jiong

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 12
pp. 1434 – 1438

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Abstract SnO2nanowire arrays were synthesized by fast heating a mixture of SnO2and the carbon nanotubes waste soot by high-frequency induction heating. The resultant SnO2nanowires possess diameters from 50 to 100 nm and lengths up to tens of mircrometers. The field-effect transistors based on single SnO2nanowire exhibit that as-synthesized nanowires have better transistor performance in terms of transconductance and on/off ratio. This work demonstrates a simple technique to the growth of nanomaterials for application in future nanoelectronic devices.

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