Encapsulation of RexOy clusters within single-walled carbon nanotubes and their in tubulo reduction and sintering to Re metal

被引:53
作者
Costa, PMFJ
Sloan, J
Rutherford, T
Green, MLH
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Inorgan Chem Lab, Oxford OX1 3QR, England
[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Mat Sci, Oxford OX1 3PH, England
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10.1021/cm0510209
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The filling of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by sublimation of Re2O7 gives rise to encapsulated RexOy clusters that show dynamic behavior under electron beam irradiation and which can be reduced and sintered using hydrogen gas to give enlarged Re metal clusters.
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页码:6579 / 6582
页数:4
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