Precursor-Controlled Formation of Novel Carbon/Metal and Carbon/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites

2008

Carbonaceous materials have long been considered as a high-performance material due to their light weight, high thermal resistance, tunable porosity and strength, but also because of their exciting electronic properties. When hybridized with other metal nanoparticles to form carbon/ metal nanocomposites (CMCs), multifunctionality is achieved through the combination of carbon and metal, leading to interesting magnetic materials, catalysts, battery electrodes, or chemical sensors. Various methods for preparing CMCs have been developed. In most cases, metal cations deposited on carbonaceous materials were reduced chemically or physically to form CMCs. In these processes, heterogeneous dispersi…