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. 2019 Aug 26;4(11):14589–14598. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01958

Table 1. Compositional/Quantificational Analysis from XPS, Crystallite Size from XRD, and (ID/IG) Ratio from Raman Spectra of SiO2-NPs, MWCNTs, MWCNTs/SiO2-NPs (Si-NPs = 1.5 atom %), and MWCNTs/SiO2-NPs (Si-NPs = 5.75 atom %).

  compositional and quantificational analysis from XPS
       
C (atom %) O (atom %) Si (atom %) wt % of oxidized Si-NPs on MWCNTs surface obtained from XPS (ID/IG) ratio La (nm) from XRD La (nm) from Raman
SiO2-NPs   63.60 36.40        
MWCNTs 98.37 01.63     1.3 2.8 3.8
MWCNTs/SiO2-NPs (Si-NPs = 1.5 atom %) 94.00 4.50 1.50 3.42 1.5 2.6 3.4
MWCNTs/SiO2-NPs (Si-NPs = 5.75 atom %) 85.0 9.25 5.75 12.15 0.74 5.1 6.8