Multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated by platinum catalyst nanoparticles-Examination and microanalysis using scanning and transmission electron microscopies

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Guinel, M J F ^a   Brodusch, N ^b   Verde Gomez Y ^c   Escobar Morales, B ^c   Gauvin, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Instituto Tecnologico de Cancun   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BSE; Catalysis; EELS; HAADF; HRTEM; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Platinum nanoparticles; SEM; Spatial resolution; STEM; TEM; XEDS

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; STACKING FAULTS; YARN;

BSE; HAADF; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; XEDS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FERROCENE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; PLATINUM; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYST; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROANALYSIS; NANOANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84883766491     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12067     Document Type: Article

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