Facile Hydrothermal Synthesis and Optical Properties of Monoclinic CePO₄ Nanowires with High Aspect Ratio

Figure 4

TEM images of CePO₄ synthesized by the 200°C and 12 h hydrothermal reaction of the solution with the pH of (a–d) 3, 2, 1.5, and 1, respectively. Inserted HRTEM image of (d) shows the growth direction and crystallographic plane of the NW.

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