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Non Thermal Plasma Functionalized 2D Carbon–Carbon Composites as Supports for Co Nanoparticles

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Novel two-dimensional carbon–carbon composites made of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) supported on a carbon preform were functionalized by non thermal plasma treatment (room temperature, atmospheric pressure, humid air), before being used as supports for metallic cobalt nanoparticles. It was shown that the degree of functionalization of the carbon nanofibers depends on the plasma power input, the treatment time and the CNF loading. The size of the cobalt nanoparticles generated after subsequent reduction of the Co-containing plasma treated CNF/C composites under hydrogen flow seems to be independent of the amount of supported cobalt. Changes in surface characteristics were analyzed using thermogravimetric analyses coupled to a mass spectrometer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses and Raman spectroscopy. Transmission electron microscopy was used to complementary characterize the final size, dispersion and location of the so generated Co nanoparticles.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the “FUI” program (French cross-ministerial fund) and to the AESE Valley—Régions Aquitaine et Midi-Pyrénées under the NAno COmposite MAterials (NACOMAT) consortium for their financial support. J. Souquet-Grumey gratefully acknowledges DGE and Snecma Propulsion Solide Company (SAFRAN Group) for his Ph.D. Grant. The authors gratefully thank S. Pronier (IC2MP/Poitiers) for his valuable technical help in the TEM imaging and 2D Fourier transform diffractograms analyses.

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  1. Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), CNRS UMR 7285, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Poitiers (ENSIP), Université de Poitiers, 1 rue Marcel Doré, 86022, Poitiers Cedex, France

    Julien Souquet-Grumey, Philippe Ayrault, Joël Barrault, Jean-Michel Tatibouët, Sabine Valange & Elodie Fourré

  2. Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, CNRS UMR 6303, Université de Bourgogne, 9, Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France

    Olivier Heintz

  3. Snecma Propulsion Solide, Groupe SAFRAN, Les 5 Chemins, 33185, Le Haillan, France

    Hervé Plaisantin & Jacques Thébault

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Souquet-Grumey, J., Ayrault, P., Heintz, O. et al. Non Thermal Plasma Functionalized 2D Carbon–Carbon Composites as Supports for Co Nanoparticles. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 34, 287–300 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-013-9514-0

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