In Situ Carbon Nanotube Formation in Templated Pores of Polymer‐Derived Ceramics

Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been formed in situ in porous, polymer derived ceramics, using polystyrene (PS) microbeads as pore formers. The microbeads were coated with nickel acetate, as a transition metal catalyst precursor, and then introduced into the preceramic polymer methylphenylpolysiloxane (PMPS). The PMPS served as a precursor for the ceramic matrix and as carbon source for CNT formation. The PS microbead burnout was observed between 200 and 400 °C, leaving behind nickel nanoparticles at the surface of the templated pore walls. Thermal conversion of the precursor to ceramic was carried out in the temperature range between 500 and 1 200 °C. MWCNTs were formed in the templated pores during the pyrolysis step by converting the carbon from the decomposition of PMPS. The oxidation resistance of these composites has been studied and an interesting catalytic oxidation phenomenon was observed that may be quite important for the oxidation of carbon nanotubes.

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