Application progress on the vacuum plating of nanodiamond and related materials

It is over reviewed that nano diamond, nano silicon carbide, silicon nitride whisker and carbon nanotubes were surface modified with titanium or manganese metal power by using vacuum plating method and applied in new energy.Especially, the titanium coated nanodiamond, nano silicon carbide and silicon nitride whiskers were used as platinum catalyst support material in the application of direct methanol fuel cell, as well as the carbon nanotubes coated with manganese were used in supercapacitors.