Fabrication of metal-nanoparticle/carbon-fiber composites
having a microtube-array morphology |
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Authors: | Junhui He Chengzhang Li |
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Institution: | (1) Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of␣Sciences (CAS), Zhongguancun Beiyitiao 2, Haidianqu, Beijing, 100080, China |
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Abstract: | In the current work, we succeeded in incorporation of Pt ions into sisal fiber (SF) – a biological matrix with a characteristic
morphology of microtube array, and in subsequent in situ synthesis of Pt nanoparticles of ca. 3.6 nm. Carbonization of the SF with Pt nanopaticles at 400°C produced Pt-nanoparticle/carbon-fiber
composite, preserving the initial microtube-array morphology of SF. It is interesting that the walls of neighboring microtubes
and the middle lamella between these microtubes were fused by carbonization, and a homogeneous wall was formed. Although the
size of Pt nanoparticles was enhanced to ca. 5.3 nm after carbonization, the solid matrices (from cellulose to carbon) acted
as effective barriers against the growth of Pt nanoparticles. The Pt-nanoparticle/carbon-fiber composite combines several
important aspects, including the morphologies of fiber and microtube-array, carbon matrix, and Pt nanoparticles. Thus it might
be a novel type of catalyst and have potential applications in many fields. |
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Keywords: | metal nanoparticle carbon material in situ synthesis microtube array nanocomposites catalyst |
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