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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 621, Issue -, Pages 351-356Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.220
Keywords
Polyoxomolybdates; Thermal analysis; Ni-Mo alloy; Co-Mo alloy; Carbon nanotubes; CCVD synthesis
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research - Russia [14-03-32089]
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Here, we show for the first time a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using polyoxomolybdate clusters Mo12O28(mu(2)-OH)(12){Ni(H2O)(3)}(4) and Mo12O28(mu(2)-OH)(12){Co(H2O)(3)}(4) as a source of catalyst nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that the products of thermal decomposition of the clusters contain NiMoO4 and CoMoO4 phases, which are converted into Ni-Mo and Co-Mo alloys at 900 degrees C in hydrogen environment. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy in combination with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy confirmed the CNT growth from bimetallic nanoparticles. Synergism between two metals in an alloy resulted in large-scale production of non-bundled few-walled CNTs with narrow diameter distribution and high quality. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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