Solvent-free microwave-assisted synthesis of tenorite nanoparticle-decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes
| Autor: | Ewa Kazimierska, Jennifer A. Rudd, Andrew R. Barron, Abdullah M. Al-Enizi, Cathren E. Gowenlock, Enrico Andreoli, Virginia Gomez |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Thermogravimetric analysis
Copper oxide Materials science Polymers and Plastics Scanning electron microscope Nanoparticle chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Carbon nanotube 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy law Materials Chemistry Spectroscopy Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Copper 0104 chemical sciences chemistry Chemical engineering Mechanics of Materials Ceramics and Composites 0210 nano-technology |
| Popis: | Copper-decorated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have important applications as precursors for ultra-conductive copper wires. Tenorite-decorated CNTs (CuO-CNTs) are ideal candidates and are currently developed using laborious processes. For this reason, we have developed a facile and scalable method for the synthesis of CuO-CNTs from copper acetate. It was found that the optimal loading of copper acetate onto the CNTs was 23.1 wt% and that three 1-minute microwave treatments were sufficient for the decomposition of copper acetate to copper oxide. The loading of copper oxide onto the nanotubes was confirmed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The materials were characterised using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. |
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