Copper-decorated carbon nanotubes(CNTs) have important applications as precursors for ultraconductive copper wires. Tenorite-decorated CNTs(CuO-CNTs) are ideal candidates and are currently developed using laborious pr...Copper-decorated carbon nanotubes(CNTs) have important applications as precursors for ultraconductive copper wires. Tenorite-decorated CNTs(CuO-CNTs) are ideal candidates and are currently developed using laborious processes. For this reason, we have developed a facile and scalable method for the synthesis of CuO-CNTs from copper acetate. It was found that the optimal loading of copper acetate onto the CNTs was 23.1 wt% and that three 1-minute microwave treatments were sufficient for the decomposition of copper acetate to copper oxide. The loading of copper oxide onto the nanotubes was confirmed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The materials were characterised using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.展开更多
The empirical relation of between the transition temperature of optimum doped superconductors T<sub>co</sub> and the mean cationic charge , a physical paradox, can be recast to strongly support fractal the...The empirical relation of between the transition temperature of optimum doped superconductors T<sub>co</sub> and the mean cationic charge , a physical paradox, can be recast to strongly support fractal theories of high-T<sub>c</sub> superconductors, thereby applying the finding that the optimum hole concentration of σ<sub>o</sub> = 0.229 can be linked with the universal fractal constant δ<sub>1</sub> = 8.72109… of the renormalized quadratic Hénon map. The transition temperature obviously increases steeply with a domain structure of ever narrower size, characterized by Fibonacci numbers. However, also conventional BCS superconductors can be scaled with δ<sub>1</sub>, exemplified through the energy gap relation k<sub>B</sub>T<sub>c</sub> ≈ 5Δ<sub>0</sub>/δ<sub>1</sub>, suggesting a revision of the entire theory of superconductivity. A low mean cationic charge allows the development of a frustrated nano-sized fractal structure of possibly ferroelastic nature delivering nano-channels for very fast charge transport, in common for both high-T<sub>c</sub> superconductor and organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar materials. With this backing superconductivity above room temperature can be conceived for synthetic sandwich structures of less than 2+. For instance, composites of tenorite and cuprite respectively tenorite and CuI (CuBr, CuCl) onto AuCu alloys are proposed. This specification is suggested by previously described filamentary superconductivity of “bulk” CuO1﹣x samples. In addition, cesium substitution in the Tl-1223 compound is an option.展开更多
基金the financial support provided by the Welsh Government Sêr Cymru National Research Network in Advanced Engineering and Materials (NRN-150)the Sêr Cymru Chair Programme (A.R.B.)+8 种基金the Sêr Cymru II Fellowship (C.E.G.)the Sêr Cymru II Recapturing Talent Fellowship (E.K.)partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)part of the Flexible Integrated Energy Systems (FLEXIS) and Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE) research operations funded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO)provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK, the Robert A. Welch Foundation (C-0002)King Saud Universitythe assistance provided by the Swansea University AIM Facility, which was funded in part by the EPSRC (EP/M028267/1)the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government (80708)the Sêr Solar project via the Welsh Government
文摘Copper-decorated carbon nanotubes(CNTs) have important applications as precursors for ultraconductive copper wires. Tenorite-decorated CNTs(CuO-CNTs) are ideal candidates and are currently developed using laborious processes. For this reason, we have developed a facile and scalable method for the synthesis of CuO-CNTs from copper acetate. It was found that the optimal loading of copper acetate onto the CNTs was 23.1 wt% and that three 1-minute microwave treatments were sufficient for the decomposition of copper acetate to copper oxide. The loading of copper oxide onto the nanotubes was confirmed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The materials were characterised using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.
文摘The empirical relation of between the transition temperature of optimum doped superconductors T<sub>co</sub> and the mean cationic charge , a physical paradox, can be recast to strongly support fractal theories of high-T<sub>c</sub> superconductors, thereby applying the finding that the optimum hole concentration of σ<sub>o</sub> = 0.229 can be linked with the universal fractal constant δ<sub>1</sub> = 8.72109… of the renormalized quadratic Hénon map. The transition temperature obviously increases steeply with a domain structure of ever narrower size, characterized by Fibonacci numbers. However, also conventional BCS superconductors can be scaled with δ<sub>1</sub>, exemplified through the energy gap relation k<sub>B</sub>T<sub>c</sub> ≈ 5Δ<sub>0</sub>/δ<sub>1</sub>, suggesting a revision of the entire theory of superconductivity. A low mean cationic charge allows the development of a frustrated nano-sized fractal structure of possibly ferroelastic nature delivering nano-channels for very fast charge transport, in common for both high-T<sub>c</sub> superconductor and organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar materials. With this backing superconductivity above room temperature can be conceived for synthetic sandwich structures of less than 2+. For instance, composites of tenorite and cuprite respectively tenorite and CuI (CuBr, CuCl) onto AuCu alloys are proposed. This specification is suggested by previously described filamentary superconductivity of “bulk” CuO1﹣x samples. In addition, cesium substitution in the Tl-1223 compound is an option.
