The invention discloses a purple
phosphorus micron tube array and a preparation method thereof. The purple
phosphorus micro-tube array has unique structural characteristics, the
diameter of a micro-tube is 1-10 [mu] m, the aperture is 0.3-1.7 [mu] m, and the
tube length is 10-500 [mu] m. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing amorphous red
phosphorus (the purity is 99.99%-99.9999%) and
iodine elementary substance (the purity is 99.8%-99.99%) according to the
mass ratio of 15: 1-25: 1, sealing the mixture in a
quartz tube under the vacuum condition of 10 <-4 >-10 <-5 > Pa, and carrying out gradient
temperature control through a horizontal double-temperature-zone tubular furnace: heating a
medicine zone to 470-520 DEG C at a speed of 2-5 DEG C / min and carrying out heat preservation for 20-25 hours, and synchronously heating a non-
medicine zone to 450-460 DEG C; the inclined angle design of 5-60 degrees of the
quartz tube is combined with the synergistic effect of double temperature zones, and directional growth of Hittorf purple phosphorus microcrystals is realized through an
iodine steam transport mechanism. The method is simplified in process and low in cost, the high-purity purple phosphorus micron tube array is obtained, the
band gap is about 1.90 eV, the method can be used for
field effect transistors, photoelectric detectors, photo-thermal conversion,
photocatalysis and electro-
catalysis, and a novel structure
semiconductor material is provided for the field of photoelectric devices.