Coating Carbon Nanotubes with Ferrites Using an Improved Co-precipitation Method

Abstract

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been first coated with cobalt ferrites by a simple wet method. Transmission electron microscopy images show that ferrite nanoparticles (average diameter of 10 nm) were deposited on the sidewall of the MWCNTs. X-ray diffraction pattern exhibits representative diffraction peaks corresponding to spinel structure, and the structure of the MWCNTs is not distorted. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectrum shows the proportion of the content of Fe and Co is about 2:1, which coincides with the stoichiometric proportion of CoFe 2 O 4 .