Synthesis and characterization of Cu/CeO2 composite nanofibers by electrospinning method

Abstract

Composite nanofibers of Cu/CeO2 were electrospunned using Cu(CH3COO–)2H2O and Ce(NO3)3 ·6H2O precursors, polyvinyl pyrrolidone fiber template and co-solvent mixture by volume 2:1 of C2H5OH/H2O followed by thermal treatment (500 °C, 3 h). The fabricated nanofibers were characterized by SEM, XRD, BET and FTIR for morphologies, structures, surface area and functional group, respectively. We observed continuous line feature in calcined composite nanofibers with an average diameter of 127 nm and CeO2 peaks were observed at 28.74°. © 2014 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.