Low Temperature Synthesis of Cobalt-Chromium Carbide Nanoparticles-Doped Carbon Nanofibers

Ayman Yousef; Robert M Brooks; Ahmed Abutaleb; Salem S Al-Deyab; Mohamed H El-Newehy

doi:10.1166/jnn.2018.14334

Low Temperature Synthesis of Cobalt-Chromium Carbide Nanoparticles-Doped Carbon Nanofibers

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2018 Apr 1;18(4):2938-2942. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2018.14334.

Authors

Ayman Yousef¹, Robert M Brooks², Ahmed Abutaleb³, Salem S Al-Deyab⁴, Mohamed H El-Newehy⁴

Affiliations

¹ Mathematics and Physics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering in Matteria, Helwan University, Cairo 11718, Egypt.
² Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
³ Chemical Engineering Department, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Petrochemical Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 29442977
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2018.14334

Abstract

Electrospinning has been used to synthesize cobalt-chromium carbide nanoparticles (NPs)-doped carbon nanofibers (CNFs) (Composite). Electrospun mat comprising of cobalt acetate, chromium acetate and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) has been carbonized at low temperature (850 °C) for 3 h under argon atmosphere to produce the introduced composite. The process was achieved at low temperature due to the presence of cobalt as an activator. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) equipped with EDX techniques were used to determine the products characteristics. The results indicated the formation of pure cobalt (Co), Cr7C3 NPs and crystalline CNFs. The Co and Cr7C3 NPs were covered with CNFs. Overall, the proposed NFs open new avenue to prepare different metals-metal carbides-carbon NFs at low temperature and short reaction time.