First Synthesis of Continuous Mesoporous Copper Films with Uniformly Sized Pores by Electrochemical Soft Templating |
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| Authors: | Dr Cuiling Li Bo Jiang Dr Zhongli Wang Yunqi Li Dr Md Shahriar A Hossain Prof Dr Jung Ho Kim Dr Toshiaki Takei Dr Joel Henzie Prof Dr Ömer Dag Prof Dr Yoshio Bando Prof Dr Yusuke Yamauchi |
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| Institution: | 1. International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan;2. Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, NSW, Australia;3. Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Although mesoporous metals have been synthesized by electrochemical methods, the possible compositions have been limited to noble metals (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold) and their alloys. Herein we describe the first fabrication of continuously mesoporous Cu films using polymeric micelles as soft templates to control the growth of Cu under sophisticated electrochemical conditions. Uniformly sized mesopores are evenly distributed over the entire film, and the pore walls are composed of highly crystalized Cu. |
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| Keywords: | copper electrochemical deposition mesoporous materials micelles soft-templates |
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