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Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites

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dc.contributor.author Motshekga, S
dc.contributor.author Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani
dc.contributor.author Ray, SS
dc.date.accessioned 2012-01-12T08:40:52Z
dc.date.available 2012-01-12T08:40:52Z
dc.date.issued 2011-03
dc.identifier.citation Motshekga, S., Kesavan Pillai, S. and Ray, S.S. 2011. Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. Vol 13(3), pp 1093-1099 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1388-0764
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5480
dc.description Copyright: 2011 Springer. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY en_US
dc.description.abstract Carbon nanotubes decorated with SnO2 nanoparticles were prepared by conventional and microwave-assisted wet impregnation. The composites were thoroughly characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, BET-surface area measurement, Scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The XRD studies revealed the formation of tetragonal phase of SnO2. The microwave method produced CNTs heavily decorated with SnO2 nanoparticles with average size 5 nm in a total reaction time of 10 min because of the rapid volumetric heating. DC conductivity increased significantly for the nanocomposite samples when compared with the pure CNTs. In electrical conductivity properties, sample prepared by microwave method was found to be superior to the one prepared by conventional procedure due to homogeneous distribution of nanoparticles. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow request;7851
dc.subject Wet impregnation en_US
dc.subject Microwave synthesis en_US
dc.subject SnO2 nanoparticles en_US
dc.subject CNTs en_US
dc.subject Nanomaterials en_US
dc.subject Nanoparticles en_US
dc.subject Nanotechnology en_US
dc.title Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Motshekga, S., Kesavan Pillai, S., & Ray, S. (2011). Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5480 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Motshekga, S, Sreejarani Kesavan Pillai, and SS Ray "Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5480 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Motshekga S, Kesavan Pillai S, Ray S. Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5480. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Motshekga, S AU - Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani AU - Ray, SS AB - Carbon nanotubes decorated with SnO2 nanoparticles were prepared by conventional and microwave-assisted wet impregnation. The composites were thoroughly characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, BET-surface area measurement, Scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The XRD studies revealed the formation of tetragonal phase of SnO2. The microwave method produced CNTs heavily decorated with SnO2 nanoparticles with average size 5 nm in a total reaction time of 10 min because of the rapid volumetric heating. DC conductivity increased significantly for the nanocomposite samples when compared with the pure CNTs. In electrical conductivity properties, sample prepared by microwave method was found to be superior to the one prepared by conventional procedure due to homogeneous distribution of nanoparticles. DA - 2011-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Wet impregnation KW - Microwave synthesis KW - SnO2 nanoparticles KW - CNTs KW - Nanomaterials KW - Nanoparticles KW - Nanotechnology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 1388-0764 T1 - Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites TI - Conventional wet impregnation versus microwave-assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT composites UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5480 ER - en_ZA


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