Published November 6, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Growth of single-crystal α-MnO2 nanorods on multi-walled carbon nanotubes

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Tropic Biological Resources, MOE, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228 (China)
  • 2. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016 (China)
  • 3. ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, QLD 4072 (Australia)

Description

Single-crystal α-MnO2 nanorods were grown on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in H2SO4 aqueous solution. The morphology and microstructure of the composites were examined by transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffractometry and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The results show that α-MnO2 single-crystal nanorods with a mean diameter of 15 nm were densely grown on the surface of MWNTs. Those MWNTs/MnO2 composites were used as an electrode material for supercapacitors, and it was found that the supercapacitor performance using MWNTs/MnO2 composites was improved largely compared to that using pure MWNTs and α-MnO2 nanorod mechanically mixed with MWNTs

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2006.12.005

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.materresbull.2006.12.005;
PII
S0025-5408(06)00498-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Research Bulletin
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1935-1941
ISSN
0025-5408
CODEN
MRBUAC

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