First synthesis of continuous mesoporous copper films with uniformly sized pores by electrochemical soft templating

Authors

Cuiling Li, National Institute for Materials Science, JapanFollow
Bo Jiang, National Institute for Materials Science, JapanFollow
Zhongli Wang, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Yunqi Li, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Md Shahriar Hossain, University of WollongongFollow
Jung Ho Kim, University of WollongongFollow
Toshiaki Takei, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Joel Henzie, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Omer Dag, Bilkent University
Yoshio Bando, National Institute For Materials Science
Yusuke Yamauchi, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

109307

Publication Details

Li, C., Jiang, B., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Hossain, M. A., Kim, J., Takei, T., Henzie, J., Dag, O., Bando, Y. & Yamauchi, Y. (2016). First synthesis of continuous mesoporous copper films with uniformly sized pores by electrochemical soft templating. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55 (41), 12746-12750.

Abstract

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.