Fabrication and Characterization of Inorganic Silver and Palladium Nanostructures within Hexagonal Cylindrical Channels of Mesoporous Carbon
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials
2.2. Mesoporous Carbons Templated by PEO-b-PCL Copolymers
2.3. Metal/Mesoporous Carbon Composites
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Silver Nanowires within Mesochannels of Hexagonal Cylindrical Mesoporous Carbon
Sample | d (nm) a | Pore size (nm) | SBET (m2/g) b | SM (m2/g) b | Pore volume (cm3/g) | Micropore volume (cm3/g) | Note | ID/IG c | Infilling ratio (%) d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 729 | 515 | 0.70 | 0.239 | Cylindrical mesoporous carbon | 0.996 | – |
2 | 21.7 | 17.6 | 409 | 286 | 0.39 | 0.133 | Ag/mesoporous carbon | 1.116 | 44 |
3 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 660 | 468 | 0.62 | 0.218 | Pd/mesoporous carbon | 1.009 | 11 |
3.2. Palladium Nanometals within Mesochannels of Hexagonal Cylindrical Mesoporous Carbon
3.3. Raman Spectra of Mesoporous Carbon and Nanometal/Mesoporous Carbon Samples
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgment
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, J.-G.; Tsai, C.-Y.; Kuo, S.-W. Fabrication and Characterization of Inorganic Silver and Palladium Nanostructures within Hexagonal Cylindrical Channels of Mesoporous Carbon. Polymers 2014, 6, 1794-1809. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym6061794
Li J-G, Tsai C-Y, Kuo S-W. Fabrication and Characterization of Inorganic Silver and Palladium Nanostructures within Hexagonal Cylindrical Channels of Mesoporous Carbon. Polymers. 2014; 6(6):1794-1809. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym6061794
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jheng-Guang, Cheng-Ying Tsai, and Shiao-Wei Kuo. 2014. "Fabrication and Characterization of Inorganic Silver and Palladium Nanostructures within Hexagonal Cylindrical Channels of Mesoporous Carbon" Polymers 6, no. 6: 1794-1809. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym6061794