Abstract
Two or three types of semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) have been deposited on the sidewalls of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by a solvothermal treatment of a mixture containing poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) wrapped MWCNTs, metal chloride (CuCl 2 and SnCl 2), and thiourea. Changing the ratio of Cu 2+ to Sn 2+ alters the composition of the resultant MWCNT-PSS-NP hybrids. Under Cu/Sn ratios of 3:1 and 2:1, MWCNTs can be simultaneously decorated with Cu 2S and Cu 3SnS 4 NPs. When the ratio is reduced to 1:1, Cu 3SnS 4, Cu 2S and SnO 2 NPs would be formed at the same time. Further decreasing the ratio results in the formation of Cu 2SnS 3 and SnO 2 instead of Cu 3SnS 4 and Cu 2S. Open-aperture z-scan measurements have been carried out on three typical MWCNT-PSS-NP samples to study their optical limiting (OL) properties. The addition of semiconductor NPs can improve the OL performance of MWCNTs, and the composition of the NPs has a significant effect on the OL behavior of the hybrids.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4847-4855 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Carbon |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |