采用高压放电的方式对材料进行击穿,可以方便地制造纳米颗粒.搭建了高压击穿实验装置,对铜丝进行高压击穿实验;分别采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和元素能谱(EDS)、X射线衍射(XRD)测试,对铜丝击穿丝状物进行了形貌和成份分析.研究了铜丝高压击穿后的物相特性.研究结果发现,在高压作用下铜丝被充分电离,产生丝状分布,其构成为纳米颗粒的凝结;纳米颗粒的直径分布主要集中在30—60nm之间;颗粒产物由铜元素和氧元素组成;它们以单晶Cu,Cu2O和CuO组成混合物;粒径大小、产物成分与铜丝长度、直径及电压等因素相关.
Copper nanoparticles are produced by high-voltage electrical explosion of copper wires. The high-voltage breakdown experimen- tal setup for copper is built. The morphology and composition of the breakdown material are tested by the transmission electron mi- croscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraetometry (XRD) and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS) methods, respectively. Based on the morphology, size distribution, elemental spectrum (EDS), and XRD analysis of the breakdown material, the phase characteristics of high-voltage breakdown copper wire are studied. The results show that wire is fully ionized under high pressure, forming a filamentous distribution which is composed of condensation of nanoparticles. The diameters of copper nanoparticles are between 30 nm and 60 nm. The nanoparticles product is composed of Cu and O elements. The product is a mixture of metallic copper, cupric oxide and cuprous oxide. The particle size and its product composition are controlled by varying length and diameter of the copper wire, discharge voltage, etc.