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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 international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201606031
Subject(s) - mesoporous material , materials science , electrochemistry , copper , platinum , nanotechnology , palladium , fabrication , template , chemical engineering , micelle , mesoporous organosilica , mesoporous silica , metallurgy , electrode , catalysis , chemistry , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , 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.