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| Title: | An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids |
| Authors: | Motshekga, SC
Pillai, SK
Ray, SS
Jalama, K
Krause, RWM |
| Keywords: | Microwave
SnO2/CNT hybrids
Carbon nanotube
X-ray diffraction
Electron microscopy
Nanostructured materials
Nanotechnology
Ceramic engineering |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2011 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Citation: | Motshekga, SC, Pillai, SK, Ray, SS et al. 2011. An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids. Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology V: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32 (eds S. Mathur, S. S. Ray, S. Widjaja and D. Singh), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. |
| Series/Report no.: | Workflow request;7906 |
| Abstract: | Tin oxide (SnO2) - decorated carbon nanotube (CNT) heterostructures were synthesized by microwave assisted wet impregnation method. CNTs of three different aspect ratios were compared. The hybrid samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, BET surface area analysis and DC conductivity measurement. The results showed that the microwave assisted synthesis is a very efficient method in producing CNTs that are heavily decorated by SnO2 nanoparticles in a very short time (total reaction time of 10 min.), irrespective of their length and diameter. The hybrids showed 100 times increase in electrical conductivity when compared to the unmodified CNTs. |
| Description: | Motshekga, S. C., Pillai, S. K., Ray, S. S., Jalama, K. and Krause, R. W. (2011) An Easy Two-Step Microwave Assisted Synthesis of SnO2/CNT Hybrids, in Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology V: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32 (eds S. Mathur, S. S. Ray, S. Widjaja and D. Singh), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118095362.ch14 |
| URI: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118095362.ch14/summary
http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507 |
| ISBN: | 9781118059920
9781118095362 |
| Appears in Collections: | National Centre for nano-structured materials
Nanotechnology
Polymers and bioceramics
General science, engineering & technology
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