A comparison of purification procedures for multi-walled carbon nanotubes produced by chemical vapour deposition

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5431-5435

  Matlhoko, Letlhogonolo ^a,b   SrePillai, Ejarani K ^a   Moodley, Mathew ^a   Augustyn, Willem G ^b   Ray, Suprakas Sinha ^a  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical vapour deposition; Comparison; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Purification procedures

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COMPARISON; GAS PHASE OXIDATION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION; METAL CONTENT; NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES; REFLUXING; SEM; SEM AND TEM; TEM;

CALCINATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; LIQUIDS; METAL REFINING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 70350316005     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1108     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (30)

1. S. Iijima, Nature 354, 56 (1991).
2. S. Iijima and T. Ichihashi, Nature 363, 603 (1993).
3. D. S. Bethune, C. H. Kiang, M. S. de Vries, G. Gorman, R. Savoy, J. Vazquez, and R. Beyers, Nature 363, 605 (1993).
4. Y. Saito, T. Yoshikawa, M. Okuda, N. Fujimoto, K. Sumiyama, K. Suzuki, A. Kasuya, and Y. Nishina, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 54, 1849 (1993).
5. W. A. Heer, A. Chatelain, and D. Ugarte, Science 270, 1179 (1995).
6. Q. H. Wang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2912 (1998).
7. A. G. Rinzler, Science 269, 1550 (1995).
8. P. G. Collins, A. Zell, H. Bando, A. Thess, and R. E. Smalley. Science 278, 100 (1997).
9. S. Frank, P. Poncharal, Z. L. Wang, and W. A. de Heer, Science 280, 1744 (1998).
10. H. M. Chen, C. Liu, and Y. Y. Fan, Science 286, 1127 (1999).
11. M. M. J. Treacy, T. W. Ebbesen, and J. M. Gibson, Nature 381, 678 (1996).
12. T. W. Ebbesen and P. M. Ajayan, Nature 358, 220 (1992).
13. Y. Ando, X. Zhao, S. Inoue, T. Suzuki, and T. Kadoya, Dia. Relat. Mater. 14, 729 (2005).
14. T. Guo, P. Nikolaev, A. Thess, D. T. Colbert, and R. E. Smalley, Chem. Phys. Lett. 243, 49 (1995).
15. W. K. Maser, E. Munoz, A. M. Benito, M. T. Martinez, G. F. de la Fuente, Y. Maniette, E. Anglaret, and J.-L. Sauvajol, Chem. Phys. Lett. 292, 587 (1998).
16. M. Endo, K. Takeuchi, S. Igarashi, K. Kobori, M. Shiraishi, and H. W. Kroto, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 54, 1841 (1993).
17. S. Bandow, A. M. Rao, K. A. Williams, A. Thess, R. E. Smalley, and P. C. Eklund, J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 8839 (1997).
18. K. B. Shelimov, R. O. Esenaliev, A. G. Rinzler, C. B. Huffman, and R. E. Smalley, Chem. Phys. Lett. 282, 429 (1998).
19. I. W. Chiang, B. E. Brinson, A. Y. Huang, P. A. Willis, M. J. Bronikowski, and J. L. Margrave, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 8297 (2001).
20. K. Tohji, H. Takahashi, Y. Shinoda, N. Shimizu, B. Yeyedevan, and I. Matsuoka, J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 1974 (1997).
21. M. Monthoiux, B. W. Smith, B. Butteaux, A. Claye, J. E. Fischer, and D. E. Luzzi, Carbon 39, 1251 (2001).
22. E. Mizoguti, F. Nihey, M. Yudsaka, S. Iijima, T. Ichihashi, and K. Nakamura, Chem. Phys. Lett. 321, 297 (2000).
23. G. S. Duesberg, J. Muster, V. Krstic, M. Burghard, and S. Roth, Appl. Phys. A 67, 117 (1998).
24. G. S. Duesberg, W. Blau, H. J. Byrne, J. Muster, M. Burghard, and S. Roth, Synth. Met. 103, 2484 (1999).
25. Y. S. Park, Y. C. Choi, K. S. Kim, D. C. Chung, D. J. Bae, K. H. An, S. C. Lim, X. Y. Zhu, and Y. H. Lee, Carbon 39, 655 (2001).
26. R. O. Dillon, J. A. Woollam, and V. Katkanant, Phys. Rev. B 29, 3482 (1984).
27. P. C. Elkund, J. M. Holden, and R. A. Jishi, Carbon 33, 959 (1995).
28. X. H. Chen, C. S. Chen, Q. Chen, F. Q. Cheng, G. Zhang, and Z. Z. Chen, Chem. Mater. Lett. 57, 734 (2002).
29. J. Li and Y. Zhang, Physica E 28, 309 (2005).
30. R. B. Mathur, S. Seth, C. Lal, R. Rao, B. P. Singh, T. L. Dhani, and A. M. Rao, Carbon 45, 132 (2007).