A generic bamboo-based carbothermal method for preparing carbide (SiC, B4C, TiC, TaC, NbC, TixNb1−xC, and TaxNb1−xC) nanowires

Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides in Energy Storage and Conversion

“…In this context, the template synthesis method emerges as the times require. Compared to other methods, template method is much more preferable for the preparation of nanostructured metal carbide materials due to the fact that the structure, morphology, and size of metal carbides can be controlled by simply altering the nature of template and the preparation conditions . Interesting 1D or 2D morphologies (such as nanowires, nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, and nanosheets) could be obtained by using corresponding templates.…”

“…Interesting 1D or 2D morphologies (such as nanowires, nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes, and nanosheets) could be obtained by using corresponding templates. Among the template methods, a growing number of investigations have been devoted to bio‐templates, which are based on the natural species such as cottons, bamboo, and aquatic plants, offering special exterior and interior surfaces and uniform geometries. More recently, our group developed an atomic‐layer‐deposition (ALD) assisted template method for fabrication of TiC tubular fibers, and hollow TiC nanotube, and their composites ( Figure ) .…”

A free standing Ru–TiC nanowire array/carbon textile cathode with enhanced stability for Li–O2 batteries

“…1c) acted as the catalyst for the growth of the TiC NAs. 43,44 XPS was performed to investigate the elemental oxidation states and the surface composition of the as-prepared samples.…”

Biotemplating fabrication, mechanical and electrical characterizations of NbC nanowire arrays from the bamboo substrate

“…To date, various techniques including carbon nanotube confined reaction [18], chemical vapor deposition [19], carbon thermal reduction [20][21][22], and pyrolysis of polymeric precursors [23] have been developed for the preparation of 1D carbide nanostructures. In our recent studies, a facile and cost-effective biotemplating method has been developed to synthesize 1D TMC nanostructures [13,14,24].…”