Motshekga, SCKesavan Pillai, SreejaraniRay, SSJalama, KKrause, RWM2012-01-192012-01-192011-11Motshekga, S.C., Pillai, S.K., Ray, S.S. 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.97811180599209781118095362http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118095362.ch14/summaryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507Motshekga, 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.ch14Tin 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.enMicrowaveSnO2/CNT hybridsCarbon nanotubeX-ray diffractionElectron microscopyNanostructured materialsNanotechnologyCeramic engineeringBook ChapterMotshekga, S., Kesavan Pillai, S., Ray, S., Jalama, K., & Krause, R. (2011). An easy two-Step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids., <i>Workflow request;7906</i> John Wiley & Sons. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507Motshekga, SC, Sreejarani Kesavan Pillai, SS Ray, K Jalama, and RWM Krause. "An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids" In <i>WORKFLOW REQUEST;7906</i>, n.p.: John Wiley & Sons. 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507.Motshekga S, Kesavan Pillai S, Ray S, Jalama K, Krause R. An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids.. Workflow request;7906. [place unknown]: John Wiley & Sons; 2011. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507.TY - Book Chapter AU - Motshekga, SC AU - Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani AU - Ray, SS AU - Jalama, K AU - Krause, RWM AB - 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. DA - 2011-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Microwave KW - SnO2/CNT hybrids KW - Carbon nanotube KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Electron microscopy KW - Nanostructured materials KW - Nanotechnology KW - Ceramic engineering LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 9781118059920 SM - 9781118095362 T1 - An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids TI - An easy two-step microwave assisted synthesis of SnO2/CNT hybrids UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5507 ER -