Rectangular copper nanotubes

Autor: Yu Heng Tsai, Yi Ru Lai, Ting Kai Huang, Ya Ting Hsu, Hsin-Tien Chiu, Yu-Hsu Chang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: RSC Advances. 5:108002-108006
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra17462g
Popis: One-dimensional Cu nanomaterials with a new morphology, rectangular copper nanotubes (copper NTs), were synthesized on a large-scale using a cetyltrimethylammonium chloride-assisted galvanic replacement reaction on rough Al substrates. In an acidic environment, Cu(II) is reduced on sharp-topped Al substrates and copper NTs 150–300 nm in diameter and 2–10 μm in length were formed through fine-tuning the reaction temperature and chemical stoichiometry. Field-emission measurement results show that the copper NTs emitting electrons at turn-on fields of 8.76 V μm−1 was observed with a field enhancement factor of 85. The superior catalytic property of copper NTs in the degradation of a methylene blue aqueous solution in the presence of H2O2 was also presented in this article.
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