Gorazd Koderman Podboršek

Gorazd Koderman Podboršek


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5Years (2022-Present)

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24 June 2022 in Nanomaterials
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GPGorazd Koderman Podboršek
Gorazd Koderman Podboršek
SZSpela Zupancic
Spela Zupancic
RKRok Kaufman
Rok Kaufman
ASAngelja Kjara Surca
Angelja Kjara Surca
AMAleš Marsel
Aleš Marsel
MBMarjan Bele
Marjan Bele
Titanium oxynitride carbon composite nanofibers (TiON/C-CNFs) were synthesised with electrospinning and subsequent heat treatment in ammonia gas. In situ four-probe electrical conductivity measurements of individual TiON/C-CNFs were performed. Additionally, the TiON/C-CNFs were thoroughly analysed with various techniques, such as X-ray and electron diffractions, electron microscopies and spectroscopies, thermogravimetric analysis and chemical analysis to determine the crystal structure, morphology, chemical composition, and N/O at. ratio. It was found that nanofibers were composed of 2–5 nm sized titanium oxynitride (TiON) nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous carbon matrix with a small degree of porosity. The average electrical conductivity of a single TiON/C-CNF was 1.2 kS/m and the bulk electrical conductivity of the TiON/C-CNF fabric was 0.053 kS/m. From the available data, the mesh density of the TiON/C-CNF fabric was estimated to have a characteristic length of 1.0 µm and electrical conductivity of a single TiON/C-CNF was estimated to be from 0.45 kS/m to 19 kS/m. The electrical conductivity of the measured TiON/C-CNFs is better than that of amorphous carbon nanofibers and has ohmic behaviour, which indicates that it can effectively serve as a new type of support material for electrocatalysts, batteries, sensors or supercapacitors.