Room temperature functionalization of carbon nanotubes using an ozone/water vapor mixture

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Peng, Ke ^a,b   Liu, Lu Qi ^a   Li, Hongchao ^c   Meyer, Helmut ^c   Zhang, Zhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED WATER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH DENSITY; HYDROXYL RADICALS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR MIXTURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OZONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78049528599     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.08.043     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. E.W. Wong, P.E. Sheehan, and C.M. Lieber Nanobeam mechanics: elasticity, strength, and toughness of nanorods and nanotubes Science 277 5334 1997 1971 1975
2. S.J. Tans, A.R.M. Verschueren, and C. Dekker Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube Nature 393 1998 49 52
3. S. Berber, Y.K. Kwon, and D. Tománek Unusually high thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes Phys Rev Lett 84 20 2000 4613 4616
4. J. Liu, A.G. Rinzler, H. Dai, J.H. Hafner, R.K. Bradley, and P.J. Boul Fullerene pipes Science 280 5367 1998 1253 1256
5. J. Zhang, H.L. Zou, Q. Qing, Y.L. Yang, Q.W. Li, and Z.F. Liu Effect of chemical oxidation on the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes J Phys Chem B 107 16 2003 3712 3718
6. J.Y. Kim, S. Han, and S. Hong Effect of modified carbon nanotube on the properties of aromatic polyester nanocomposites Polymer 49 15 2008 3335 3345
7. A. Eitan, K.Y. Jiang, D. Dukes, R. Andrews, and L.S. Schadler Surface modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: toward the tailoring of the interface in polymer composites Chem Mater 15 16 2003 3198 3201
8. A. Eitan, K.Y. Jiang, D. Dukes, R. Andrews, and L.S. Schadler Reinforcement mechanisms in MWCNT-filled polycarbonate Comp Sci Technol 66 9 2006 1162 1173
9. D.B. Mawhinney, V. Naumenko, A. Kuznetsova, J.T. Yates, J. Liu, and R.E. Smalley Infrared spectral evidence for the etching of carbon nanotubes: ozone oxidation at 298 K J Am Chem Soc 122 10 2000 2383 2384
10. S. Banerjee, and S.S. Wong Rational sidewall functionalization and purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes by solution-phase ozonolysis J Phys Chem B 106 47 2002 12144 12151
11. L.T. Cai, J.L. Bahr, Y.X. Yao, and J.M. Tour Ozonation of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their assemblies on rigid self-assembled monolayers Chem Mater 14 10 2002 4235 4241
12. J.M. Simmons, B.M. Nichols, S.E. Baker, M.S. Marcus, O.M. Castellini, and C.S. Lee Effect of ozone oxidation on single-walled carbon nanotubes J Phys Chem B 110 14 2006 7113 7118
13. O. Byl, J. Liu, and J.T. Yates Etching of carbon nanotubes by ozones: a surface area study Langmuir 21 9 2005 4200 4204
14. X. Lu, L. Zhang, X. Xu, N. Wang, and Q. Zhang Can the sidewalls of single-wall carbon nanotubes be ozonized? J Phys Chem B 106 9 2002 2136 2139
15. L.V. Liu, W.Q. Tian, and Y.A. Wang Ozonization at the vacancy defect site of the single-walled carbon nanotube J Phys Chem B 110 26 2006 13037 13044
16. Z.Y. Chen, K.J. Ziegler, J.S. Robert, H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley Cutting of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ozonolysis J Phys Chem B 110 24 2006 11624 11627
17. K. Hernadi, A. Siska, L. Thiên-Nga, L. Forró, and I. Kiricsi Reactivity of different kinds of carbon during oxidative purification of catalytically prepared carbon nanotubes Solid State Ionics 141-142 2001 203 209
18. R. Criegee Mechanism of ozonolysis Angew Chem Int Ed 14 11 1975 745 752
19. T.H. Benny, T.J. Bandosz, and S.S. Wong Effect of ozonolysis on the pore structure, surface chemistry, and bundling of single-walled carbon nanotubes J Colloid Interface Sci 317 2 2008 375 382
20. H.S. Zhang, and K. Komvopoulos Synthesis of ultrathin carbon films by direct current filtered cathodic vacuum arc J Appl Phys 105 2009 083305 083307
21. D. Wan, and K. Komvopoulos Tetrahedral and trigonal carbon atom hybridization in thin amorphous carbon films synthesized by radio-frequency sputtering J Phys Chem C 111 2007 9891 9896
22. H.S. Zhang, and K. Komvopoulos Surface modification of magnetic recording media by filtered cathodic vacuum arc J Appl Phys 106 2009 093504 093507
23. D.G. McCulloch, E.G. Gerstner, D.R. McKenzie, S. Prawer, and R. Kalish Ion implantation in tetrahedral amorphous carbon Phys Rev B 52 2 1995 850 857
24. Y.L. Hsin, J.-Y. Lai, K.C. Hwang, S.-C. Lo, F.-R. Chen, and J.J. Kai Rapid surface functionalization of iron-filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes Carbon 44 15 2006 3328 3335
25. V. Lordi, N. Yao, and J. Wei Method for supporting platinum on single-walled carbon nanotubes for a selective hydrogenation catalyst Chem Mater 13 3 2001 733 737 (Pubitemid 32844941)
26. M.R. Alder, and G.C. Hill The kinetics and mechanism of hydroxide ion catalyzed ozone decomposition in aqueous solution J Am Chem Soc 72 5 1950 1884 1886
27. J.L. Sotelo, F.J. Beltrln, F.J. Benitez, and J. Beltrkn-Heredia Ozone decomposition in water: kinetic study Ind Eng Chem Res 26 1 1987 39 43
28. K. Sehested, H. Cotfltzen, J. Holcman, C.H. Flscher, and E.J. Hart The primary reaction in the decomposition of ozone in acidic aqueous solutions Environ Sci Technol 25 9 1991 1589 1596
29. W. Li, Y. Bai, Y.K. Zhang, M.L. Sun, R.M. Cheng, and X.C. Xu Effect of hydroxyl radical on the structure of multi-walled carbon nanotubes Synth Met 155 3 2005 509 515 (Pubitemid 41767659)
30. S.J. Gregg, and K.S.W. Sing Adsorption, surface area and porosity second ed. 1982 Academic Press London pp. 132-139
31. E.P. Barrette, L.G. Joyner, and P.P. Halenda The determination of pore volume and area distributions in porous substances. I. Computations from nitrogen isotherms J Am Chem Soc 73 1 1951 373 380
32. L. Li, G. Wu, and B.Q. Xu Electro-catalytic oxidation of CO on Pt catalyst supported on carbon nanotubes pretreated with oxidative acids Carbon 44 2006 2973 2983
33. 2 adsorption Carbon 42 2004 2375 2383
34. Y.H. Li, S.G. Wang, Z.K. Luan, J. Ding, C.L. Xu, and D.H. Wu Adsorption of cadmium (II) from aqueous solution by surface oxidized carbon nanotubes Carbon 41 5 2003 1057 1062
35. C.C. Hu, J.H. Su, and T.C. Wen Modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for electric double-layer capacitors: tube opening and surface functionalization J Phys Chem Solids 68 12 2007 2353 2362