Direct synthesis of silver/polymer/carbon nanocables via a simple hydrothermal route
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
High-yield silver/polymer/carbon nanocables were synthesized via a one-step simple hydrothermal route by using silver chloride and glucose as precursors. High-resolution TEM and element mapping proved that as-prepared nanocables consist of a silver nanowire core, a polymer inner shell, and a graphitic carbon outer shell. A three-step growth mechanism was proposed to explain the growth of such three-layer nanocables, i.e. the formation of silver nanowires, the glycosidation of glucose molecules on silver nanowire surface and the carbonization of the outmost glycosidation layer. We believe that reaction temperature plays the key role in the polymerization of glucose and sequent surface-carbonization. - Graphical abstract: High-yield silver/polymer/carbon coaxial nanocables were synthesized via a one-step simple hydrothermal route by using silver chloride and glucose as precursors. Our experiments indicate that such novel nanostructures formed through the growth mechanism that the silver nanowires grow first, and then glycosidation of glucose occurs on the silver nanowire surfaces, and finally the partial carbonization occurs on the outmost surface of the polymer layer.
- OSTI ID:
- 21128455
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 181, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2008.05.034; PII: S0022-4596(08)00277-6; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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