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Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Silicon Nitride (α-Si3N4) Nanowires with Controlled Diameters by Nitriding Cryomilled Nanocrystalline Silicon Powder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Fei Chen ,
Zhihao Wang ,
Qiang Shen ,
Zhixiong Huang  and
Lianmeng Zhang
Fei Chen*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Specially Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Zhihao Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
Qiang Shen
Affiliation:
State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
Zhixiong Huang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Specially Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Lianmeng Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Specially Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
*
acorresponding author, chenfei027@gmail.com
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Abstract

In the present work, silicon nitride nanowires (SNNWs) have been synthesized via nitriding cryomilled nanocrystalline silicon powder. The silicon powder exhibits a fine polycrystalline structure after the cryomilling process, with an average grain size of 25 to 125 nm at various cryomilling times. The SNNWs that form after the nitridation of the cryomilled silicon powder exhibit single crystal structure and are 20 to 100 nm in diameter and ∼10 µm in length. The diameter of the nanowires is in agreement with the grain size of the cryomilled Si powder. Microstructural characterization reveals that the as-synthesized nanowires have a hexagonal structure and their primary growth direction is along the [0001] direction. The formation of the Si–N–Si bond during the cryomilling process, as investigated theoretically with density functional theory, promotes the subsequent synthesis of the α-Si3N4 nanowires. The mechanism for nanowire formation appears to be a vapor-solid (VS) reaction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1279: New Catalytic Materials , 2010 , 21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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