Construction of hollow tellurium hierarchical architecture via a trisodium citrate assisted self-sacrificed template eroding mechanism†
Abstract
A one-dimensional (1D) hollow hierarchical tellurium nanostructure composed of single crystalline tube and polycrystalline spheres has been fabricated by a simple microwave-assisted solution process in the presence of trisodium citrate. A self-sacrificed template eroding mechanism combined with a surface assembly process is deduced and discussed in detail.