Facile synthesis of Ni3(BO3)2 nanoribbons and their antimicrobial, electrochemical and electrical properties

Huan Pang; Qingyi Lu; Changyun Chen; Xiaoran Liu; Feng Gao

doi:10.1039/C1JM10923E

Facile synthesis of Ni₃(BO₃)₂nanoribbons and their antimicrobial, electrochemical and electrical properties†

Huan Pang,^ab Qingyi Lu,*^a Changyun Chen,^c Xiaoran Liu^b and Feng Gao*^b

* Corresponding authors

^a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
E-mail: qylu@nju.edu.cn

^b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
E-mail: fgao@nju.edu.cn

^c College of Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Abstract

Nickel orthoborate Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons were synthesized via a facile solid state reaction. The process is very simple and only two chemicals (H₃BO₃ and Ni(NO₃)₂) are used. It is the first time that well-defined 1D Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons can be obtained. The nanoribbons have widths in the range of 100–150 nm and length up to 20 μm. The antimicrobial studies show that the Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons have good antimicrobial activities towards Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria. In addition, we also explored the application of the Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons as electrochemical capacitors and found that the Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons have a large specific capacitance of 170 F g⁻¹. The electric properties of single Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons were also investigated.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM10923E
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 03 Mar 2011
Accepted: 09 Jun 2011
First published: 09 Aug 2011

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J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 13889-13894

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Facile synthesis of Ni₃(BO₃)₂ nanoribbons and their antimicrobial, electrochemical and electrical properties

H. Pang, Q. Lu, C. Chen, X. Liu and F. Gao, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 13889 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10923E

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