Hydrothermal Synthesis, Photoluminescence Property and Superhydrophobicity of In(OH)_3

摘要

In this work, we fabricated indium hydroxide (In(OH)_3) nanocubes from In(NO_3)_3 and urea through hydrothermal method. NH_4OH form the hydrolysis of urea acts as the OH~- provider. The resultant products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronic microscope (SEM), photoluminescence (PL) spectra and contact angle meter. It was observed that the In(OH)_3 nanocubes showed superhydrophobicity with water contact angle 161.9° after modified with fluoroalkylsilane (FAS, CF_3(CF_2)_7CH_2CH_2Si(OCH_3)_3), and exhibited PL peak at about 529 nm, corresponding to the deep level emission.