Bismuth hollow Spherical nanostructures: Synthesis and characterization through microwave-assisted polyol method

In the present work, Bi nanostructures were successfully synthesized with the aid of Bi(NO3)3.5H2O as thestarting reagent in presence of polyol as the solvent and surfactant through very fast and convenient microwave-assistedpolyol method. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the synthesis of Bi nanostructure by microwave-assistedpolyol process. The as-synthesized products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronicmicroscopy (SEM), and spectra energy dispersive analysis of X-ray (EDS) techniques. The XRD studies showed thatpure cubicBi nanostructures have been produced through the facile microwave-assisted polyol method.

Keywords:

Nanoparticles , Microwave , Inorganic precursor , Bismuth , Polyol method