Example 5
Morphology of the MOF nanocrystals and hybrid nanofibers were observed under JEOL JSM 6700 field emission scanning electron microscope at an accelerating voltage of 5 kV. All samples were coated with a thin gold layer before SEM imaging.
TEM images were obtained with Philips CM300 FEGTEM high resolution transmission electron microscope.
Wide-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were performed using a Bruker D8 Discover GADDS X-ray diffraction meter with Cu Kα radiation and Raman spectra were recorded on Jobin Yvon T64000 triple spectrograph micro-Raman system.
The metal content in the resultant hybrid carbon fibers was measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis.
The specific surface area and pore size analysis was measured using a Micromeritics ASAP 2020 system.