Preparation of CuCrO2 Hollow Nanotubes from an Electrospun Al2O3 Template
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of CuCrO2 Hollow Nanotube
2.2. Characterization
3. Results
3.1. TGA Analysis
3.2. X-ray Diffraction Investigation
3.3. SEM Analysis
3.4. TEM Analysis
3.5. STEM Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wu, H.-J.; Fan, Y.-J.; Wang, S.-S.; Sakthinathan, S.; Chiu, T.-W.; Li, S.-S.; Park, J.-H. Preparation of CuCrO2 Hollow Nanotubes from an Electrospun Al2O3 Template. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091252
Wu H-J, Fan Y-J, Wang S-S, Sakthinathan S, Chiu T-W, Li S-S, Park J-H. Preparation of CuCrO2 Hollow Nanotubes from an Electrospun Al2O3 Template. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(9):1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091252
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Hsin-Jung, Yu-Jui Fan, Sheng-Siang Wang, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Te-Wei Chiu, Shao-Sian Li, and Joon-Hyeong Park. 2019. "Preparation of CuCrO2 Hollow Nanotubes from an Electrospun Al2O3 Template" Nanomaterials 9, no. 9: 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091252