Facile synthesis and electrochemical property of Cu2Te nanorods

Abstract A facile chemical method has been developed for the synthesis of the Cu 2 Te nanorods with hexagonal crystalline phase. The method is based on the template-engaged synthesis in which the Te nanorods were used as self-sacrificial template. On the basis of a series of experiments and characterizations, the effect factors and the formation mechanism of the Cu 2 Te nanorods were discussed. Furthermore, the electrochemical property of the Cu 2 Te nanorods was investigated by the voltammetric technique.