Abstract
Monodisperse carbon hollow spheres encapsulating silver nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by a facile approach with imidazolium ionic liquid ([C14mim]BF4) as the soft template. Meanwhile, a novel Ag/C nanocomposite with an interesting structure, in which the carbon hollow spheres encapsulating silver nanoparticles were assembled by fine carbon wires, exists in this experiment. The Ag/C nanocomposites was characterized by XRD, TEM (HRTEM), SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectrometer and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The possible formation mechanism of the nanocomposites has been proposed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3301-3304 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 62 |
Issue number | 17-18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ionic liquids (ILs)
- Carbon hollow spheres
- Ag nanoparticles
- Nanocomposites
- Crystal growth