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First Synthesis of Continuous Mesoporous Copper Films with Uniformly Sized Pores by Electrochemical Soft Templating
Author(s) -
Li Cuiling,
Jiang Bo,
Wang Zhongli,
Li Yunqi,
Hossain Md. Shahriar A.,
Kim Jung Ho,
Takei Toshiaki,
Henzie Joel,
Dag Ömer,
Bando Yoshio,
Yamauchi Yusuke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201606031
Subject(s) - mesoporous material , materials science , electrochemistry , platinum , copper , palladium , template , nanotechnology , fabrication , chemical engineering , micelle , metallurgy , electrode , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Although mesoporous metals have been synthesized by electrochemical methods, the possible compositions have been limited to noble metals (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold) and their alloys. Herein we describe the first fabrication of continuously mesoporous Cu films using polymeric micelles as soft templates to control the growth of Cu under sophisticated electrochemical conditions. Uniformly sized mesopores are evenly distributed over the entire film, and the pore walls are composed of highly crystalized Cu.