Issue 10, 2010
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CrystEngComm

Synthesis of urchin-like CdWO4 microspheres via a facile template free hydrothermal method†

Yichuan Ling,‡a   Liang Zhou,‡a   Lei Tan,a   Yunhua Wanga  and  Chengzhong Yu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China
E-mail: czyu@fudan.edu.cn, c.yu@uq.edu.au
Fax: +86-21-65641740
Tel: +86-21-55665103

b ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Abstract

Urchin-like CdWO4 microspheres with hollow interiors have been successfully synthesized by a facile template free hydrothermal treatment method. The urchin-like CdWO4 hollow spheres are composed of radiatively assembled single-crystalline CdWO4 nanorods with lengths of several hundred nm and widths of 25–80 nm. The samples exhibit a blue-green emission in the range of 450–500 nm with the emission peak centered around 470 nm when excited at 293 nm. The effects of the preparation conditions such as the hydrothermal synthesis temperature, hydrothermal synthesis time, and the dosage of urea on the crystalline phase as well as morphology of final products have been systematically investigated. The successful synthesis of CdWO4 with a uniform urchin-like morphology relies on not only the choice of peroxo-polytungstic acid precursor, but also a controlled pH adjustment with the help of urea, both of which contribute to a homogenous nucleation and crystal growth process. It is also found that increasing the synthesis temperature, time and dosage of urea will enhance the photoluminescence (PL) emission of resultant materials. Our contribution provides a simple approach to synthesize CdWO4 materials with hierarchical architectures and potential applications as detectors in X-ray devices.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of urchin-like CdWO4 microspheres via a facile template free hydrothermal method

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B927420K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Jan 2010
Accepted
06 Apr 2010
First published
03 Jun 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 3019-3026

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Synthesis of urchin-like CdWO4 microspheres via a facile template free hydrothermal method

Y. Ling, L. Zhou, L. Tan, Y. Wang and C. Yu, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 3019 DOI: 10.1039/B927420K

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