Preparation of Cu coated SiC nanoparticles by electroless plating method

SiC nanoparticles coated by Cu were prepared by electroless plating method. The electroless plating solution was prepared. Limiting the pH value of the electroless plating process to around 12 and electroless plating time to 20 minutes, Cu/SiC composites of different loadages were prepared. Through XRD, SEM, TEM and EDS, it is found that SiC particles are coated by Cu and form core-shell structure with particle size being about 5 nm.