Transmission electron microscopy application for the analysis of carbon black and metal-carbon nanostructures

Abstract

The article presents the analytical possibilities of the combined use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) methods to study of carbon black and metal-carbon nanostructures. Platinum nanoparticles were shown to be formed on the carbon polyhedral structures and nanocapsules as a result of laser exposure to the carbon black suspensions in H₂PtCl₆ aqueous solution. Phase composition of nickel-carbon and cobalt-carbon core-shell structures was identified.

Keywords:

• Transmission electron microscopy
• carbon black
• laser irradiation
• carbon nanocapsules
• metal-carbon nanostructures

Additional information

Funding

The research is supported by the state assignment of the Omsk Scientific Center according to the Fundamental Research Program of the State Academies of Sciences for 2013–2020, in the direction V.45, project No. V.45.3.1 (project registration number AAAA-A17-117041210227-8). The samples were examined using the analytical equipment of the Omsk Regional Center for collective use of the SB RAS.