Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Micro-structural Features of Co-filled Carbon Nanotubes

MA Xi-Cheng1,2; ZHENG Guo-Bin3; FENG Jing-Wei3; LI Feng-Zhao2; WEN Shu-Lin2   

  1. 1.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shandong University; Jinan 250061; China; 2.School of Material Science and Engineering; Characterization and Analysis Center for Materials; Shandong University; Jinan 250061; China; 3. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2002-10-08 Revised:2002-01-13 Published:2003-11-20 Online:2003-11-20

Abstract: Cobalt-filled carbon nanotubes were prepared in situ in the decomposition of benzene over Co/silica-gel
catalysts. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) investigation showed that the products contained abundance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and most of them
were filled with metallic nanoparticles or nanorods. High-resolution TEM (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns and energy
dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) confirmed the presence of Co inside the nanotubes. The encapsulated Co was further identified as alpha-Co with fcc
structure, which frequently consists of twinned boundaries. Based on the experimental results, a possible growth mechanism of the Co-filled nanotubes
was proposed.

Key words: carbon nanotubes, catalysis, Co/silica-gel, microstructure

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