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Electrochimica Acta, Volume 121, 1 March 2014, Pages 154-158.
Abhishek Lahiria, Anne Willerta, Sherif Zein El Abedin a, b, Frank Endresa
a Institute of Electrochemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str.6, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany and
b Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
A simple and fast technique to grow free standing, open ended germanium nanotubes is demonstrated using template assisted electrodeposition from a room temperature ionic liquid. Germanium nanotubes as long as 2 μm could be grown using this technique. We also show the possibility for the growth of core-shell structures. The technique demonstrated is not limited to the growth of Ge, but can be extended to grow other semiconductor nanotubes and core-shell structures.
