Plum-branch-like carbon nanofibers decorated with SnO2 nanocrystals

Zunxian Yang; Guodong Du; Zaiping Guo; Xuebin Yu; Sean Li; Zhixin Chen; Peng Zhang; Huakun Liu

doi:10.1039/c0nr00009d

Plum-branch-like carbon nanofibers decorated with SnO₂ nanocrystals

Zunxian Yang
, Guodong Du
, Zaiping Guo
, Xuebin Yu
, Sean Li
, Zhixin Chen
, Peng Zhang
, Huakun Liu

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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Abstract

Novel plum-branch-like carbon nanofibers (CNFs) decorated with SnO ₂ nanocrystals have been synthesized by electrospinning and subsequent thermal treatment in an Ar/H₂O atmosphere. The morphologies of the as-synthesized SnO₂/CNF composites and the contents of carbon and SnO₂ can be controlled by adjusting the heat treatment temperature. It is proposed that the growth of SnO₂/CNF composites follows the outward diffusion of tin composites from the as-spun tin composite/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers, pyrolysis of PAN and oxidation of tin composites, and then formation of SnO₂ nanocrystals around the CNFs. This novel 1D SnO₂/CNF composite may have potential application in nanobatteries, nano fuel cells, and nanosensors. A preliminary result has revealed that the SnO₂/CNF composite presents favourable electrochemical performance in lithium-ion batteries. © 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1011-1017
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	2
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c0nr00009d
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Part of the work was funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant (LP0775456), the Postdoctoral Foundation Program of Fuzhou University (BSH-0601), the Natural Science Foundation Program of Fujian Province (A0510011), and the Talents Foundation Program of Fuzhou University.

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