{"id":7505,"date":"2016-01-31T05:11:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T05:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=7505"},"modified":"2016-01-31T05:11:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T05:11:22","slug":"new-type-of-nanowires-built-with-natural-gas-heating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/new-type-of-nanowires-built-with-natural-gas-heating\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers develop a New Type of Nanowires using Natural Gas Heating"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new simple, cost-effective approach that may open up an effective way to make other metallic\/semiconducting nanomaterials.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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From top left are Prof. Soojin Park, Dr. Sinho Choi, Researcher Jieun Kim (KRICT) and from bottom left are Prof. Sang Kyu Kwak and Researcher Dae Yeon Hwang. | Contents by: Sinho Choi, Design by: Dukgi Lee
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A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has recently pioneered in developing a new simple nanowire manufacturing technique that uses self-catalytic growth process assisted by thermal decomposition of natural gas. According to the research team, this method is simple, reproducible, size-controllable, and cost-effective in that lithium-ion batteries could also benefit from it.<\/span>

In their approach, they discovered that germanium nanowires are grown by the reduction of germanium oxide particles and subsequent self-catalytic growth during the thermal decomposition of natural gas, and simultaneously, carbon sheath layers are uniformly coated on the nanowire surface.<\/span>

This study is a collaboration among scientists, including Prof. SooJin Park (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering) and Prof. Sang Kyu Kwak (School of Energy and Chemical Engineering), Dr. Sinho Choi (UNIST), Combined M.S.\/Ph.D. Student Dae Yeon Hwang (UNIST), and Researcher Jieun Kim (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology).<\/span>

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[pullquote]Moreover, the resulting hierarchically assembled nanowires (C-GeNWs) show enhanced chemical and thermal stability, as well as outstanding electrochemical properties.[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

In a study, reported in the January 21, 2016 issue of Nano Letters, the team demonstrated a new redox-responsive assembly method to synthesize hierarchically structured carbon-sheathed germanium nanowires (c-GeNWs) on a large scale by the use of self-catalytic growth process assisted by thermally decomposed natural gas.<\/span>

According to the team, this simple synthetic process not only enables them to synthesize hierachially assembled materials from inexpensive metal oxides at a larger scale, but also can likely be extended to other metal oxides as well. Moreover, the resulting hierarchically assembled nanowires (C-GeNWs) show enhanced chemical and thermal stability, as well as outstanding electrochemical properties.<\/span>

The team states, “This strategy may open up an effective way to make other metallic\/semiconducting nanomaterials via one-step synthetic reactions through an environmentally benign and cost-effective approach.”<\/span>

This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program and Mid-Career Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grand, funded by the Korean government (MSIP).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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