Patent ID: 7438885
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B82Y,C01B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A process for synthesizing carbon nanotubes filled with palladium nanoparticles comprising the steps of: preparing a palladium chloride (PdCl immersing a graphite electrode assembly, having two graphite electrodes, into the PdCl connecting the graphite electrodes to a direct current power supply; bringing the electrodes into contact with each other to strike an arc; vaporizing the PdCl separating the electrodes to sustain the arc inside the solution; forming graphene layers that roll away from the electrodes and simultaneously encapsulate the Pd-nanoparticles; putting the container with electrode assembly in a water-cooled bath; and collecting Pd-nanoparticles entrapped in carbon nanotubes.