Preparation and electrochemical property of PbTe nanorods

A novel chemical method has been developed for the preparation of the PbTe nanorods. The method is based on the template-engaged synthesis in which the Te nanorods as-prepared were used as template reagent. On the basis of a series of experiments and characterizations, the effects of the reaction time and temperature on the product were discussed, respectively. Besides the synthesis, the electrochemical property of the PbTe nanorods was determined, and useful results were obtained.