Articles
  • Photocatalytic activities of carbon nanocapsules encircled by nickel nanoparticle composites to organic dyes degradation
  • Jiulong Lia, Jeong Won Koa and Weon Bae Koa,b,*
  • a Department of Convergence Science, Graduate School, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, South Korea b Department of Chemistry, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, South Korea
Abstract
Novel carbon nanocapsules encircled by nickel nanoparticle composites were prepared by the reaction of fullerene[C60] and nickel hydroxide at 700 oC for 2 h. Carbon nanocapsules encircled by nickel nanoparticle composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. It may be confirmed the structure of fullerene[C60] changed into capsule like type of carbon nanomaterials and nickel nanoparticles were surrounded by carbon nanocapsules by HR-TEM. Application of carbon nanocapsules encircled by nickel nanoparticle composites could be used as a photocatalyst in the degradation of organic dyes under ultraviolet light at 254 nm.

Keywords: Carbon nanocapsules encircled by nickel nanoparticle composites, Raman spectroscopy, HR-TEM, Photo catalytic degradation.

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  • 2015; 16(5): 457-461

    Published on Oct 31, 2015