Carbon microspheres with supported silver nanoparticles prepared from pollen grains

Yong Wang; Zhimin Liu; Buxing Han; Ying Huang; Guanying Yang

doi:10.1021/la051790z

Carbon microspheres with supported silver nanoparticles prepared from pollen grains

Langmuir. 2005 Nov 8;21(23):10846-9. doi: 10.1021/la051790z.

Authors

Yong Wang¹, Zhimin Liu, Buxing Han, Ying Huang, Guanying Yang

Affiliation

¹ Center for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

PMID: 16262361
DOI: 10.1021/la051790z

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new method to fabricate carbon microspheres with supported silver nanoparticles on the surfaces. In this method, pollen grains were first treated with AgNO(3) aqueous solution, then preoxidized in air at 300 degrees C and carbonized in nitrogen at 600 degrees C, resulting in the silver/carbon nanocomposites. The silver/carbon nanocomposites were characterized by means of SEM, TEM, TG, and XRD. The size and distribution of the silver nanoparticles on the carbon microsphere surface could be controlled by tuning the AgNO(3) treatment conditions.