Structure of Nanocomposites Based on Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Platinum Nanoparticles
A structure and morphology of the fabricated nanocomposite materials composed of carbon nanotubes and platinum nanoparticles is reported in the paper. High quality CNTs obtained in the CVD process with a long of 100-200 mm and diameter of 10-20 nm were used in the research. Raw CNTs did not contain metallic impurities or amorphous carbon deposits. An indirect method of bonding the earlier produced platinum nanoparticles to the surface of functionalised carbon nanotubes was used to produce carbon nanotubes – platinum nanoparticles system. The main aim of current research was structure and morphology investigation of obtained nanocomposite using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) and X-ray structure analysis (XRD).