Abstract: Metal catalyst particles are deposited on carbon nanotubes by preparing a silane solution of a metal catalyst salt, e.g. platinum or ruthenium chloride, immersing an electrically conducting substrate carrying nanotubes in the silane solution to yield a composite structure of substrate, nanotubes and catalyst, and reducing the composite structure to yield a composite of substrate, carbon nanotubes and metallic catalyst particles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2007
Assignee:
Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defense of her Majesty's Canadian Government
Inventors:
Jean Pol Dodelet, Xuellang Sun, Ruying Li, Dominique Villers, Sylvain Desilets