Thabethe, BonganiMalgas, GeraldMotaung, DavidMalwela, ThomasArendse, Christopher2017-02-172017-02-172013Bongani, T. (2013). Self-Catalytic Growth of Tin Oxide Nanowires by Chemical Vapor Deposition Process. Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2013, Article ID 712361, 7 pages.1687-4110http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2542http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/712361We report on the synthesis of tin oxide (SnO2) nanowires by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Commercially bought SnO nanopowders were vaporized at 1050∘C for 30 minutes with argon gas continuously passing through the system. The assynthesized products were characterized using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The band gap of the nanowires determined from UV-visible absorption was around 3.7 eV.The SEM micrographs revealed “wool-like” structure which contains nanoribbons and nanowires with liquid droplets at the tips. Nanowires typically have diameter in the range of 50–200nm and length 10–100 𝜇m. These nanowires followed the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism.enAll articles published in Hindawi journals are available to readers completely free of charge.Self-CatalyticTin OxideNanowiresDeposition ProcessArticle