Author/Authors :
Bittencourt، نويسنده , , Carla and Ke، نويسنده , , Xiaoxing and Van Tendeloo، نويسنده , , Gustaaf and Thiess، نويسنده , , Sebastian and Drube، نويسنده , , Wolfgang and Ghijsen، نويسنده , , Jacques and Ewels، نويسنده , , Chris P.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Copper deposited by thermal evaporation onto pristine and oxygen plasma treated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) diffuse over the CNT surface, coalescing and forming crystalline islands. The nucleation sites of the islands are preferentially defects, and more homogeneous island dispersion was observed at the CNT oxygen functionalized surface. The presence of weakly bound oxygen atoms at the CNT surface induces the formation of Cu–O bonds at the Cu/CNT interface, as described through density functional calculations. Exposure to air allows further oxidation to facetted crystalline Cu2O. Oxygen plasma pre-treatment represents a promising route for homogenous disperse Cu2O nanoparticle decoration of CNTs.
