Application of fly ash as a catalyst for synthesis of carbon nanotube ribbons

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 691-697

  Nath, Dilip C D ^a   Sahajwalla, Veena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Composite film and interface; Fly ash; Poly (vinyl alocohol)

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC ARC METHOD; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH-STRENGTH COMPOSITES; METAL-BASED CATALYSTS; NITROGEN FLOW; POLY (VINYL ALOCOHOL); SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC ARCS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLY ASH;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPOSITE; FLY ASH; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; FLY ASH; GEOMETRY; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 79960169484     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.072     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Huang S., Cai X., Liu J. Growth of millimeter-long and horizontally aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on flat substrates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125:5636-5637.
2. Vigolo B., Penicaud A., Coulon C., Sauder C., Pailler R., Journet C., Bernier P., Poulin P. Macroscopic fibers and ribbons of orientated carbon nanotubes. Science 2000, 290:1331-1334.
3. Dalton A.B., Collins S., Munoz E., Razal J.M., Ebron V.H., Perraris J.P., Coleman J.N., Kim B.G. Super-tough carbon-nanotube fibres. Nature 2003, 423:703-1703.
4. Sreekumar T.V., Liu T., Kumar S., Ericson L.M., Hauge R.H., Smalley R.E. Single-wall carbon nanotube films. Chem. Mater. 2003, 15:175-178.
5. Wei B., Vajtai R., Choi Y.Y., Ajayan P.M. Structural characterizations of long single-walled carbon nanotube strands. Nano Letters 2002, 2(10):1105-1107.
6. Benito M., Maniette Y., Aniette Y., Mogoza E., Martnez T.M. Carbon nanotubes production by catalytic pyrolysis of benzene. Carbon 1998, 36(5-6):681-683.
7. Oku T., Niihara K., Suganuma K. Formation of carbon nanocapsules with SiC nanoparticles prepared by polymer pyrolysis. J. Mater. Chem. 1998, 8(6):1323-1325.
8. Krivoruchko O.P., Maksimova N.I., Zaikovskii V.I., Salanov A.N. Study of multiwalled graphite nanotubes and filaments formation from carbonized products of polyvinyl alcohol via catalytic graphitization at 600-800°C in nitrogen atmosphere. Carbon 2000, 38:1075-1082.
9. Wang S. Application of solid ash based catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42(19):7055-7063.
10. Nath D.C.D., Bandyopadhyay S., Boughton P., Yu A., Blackburn D., White C. High strength biodegradable poly(vinyl alcohol)/fly ash composite films. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2010, 117:114-121.
11. Dunens O.M., Mackenzie K.J., Harris A.T. Synthesis of Multiwalled carbon nanotubes on fly ash derived catalysts. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:7889-7894.
12. Nath D.C.D., Bandyopadhyay S., Yu A., Zeng Q., Das T., Blackburn D., White C. Structure-property-interface correlation of fly ash-isotactic polypropylene composites. J. Mater. Sci. 2009, 44:6078-6089.
13. Gorninski J.P., Molin D.C.D., Kazmierczak C.S. Study of the modulus of elasticity of polymer concrete compounds and comparative assessment of polymer concrete and portland cement concrete. Cem. Concr. Res. 2004, 34:2091-2095.
14. Rohatgi P.K., Gupta N., Alaraj S. Thermal expansion of aluminum-fly ash cenosphere composites synthesized by pressure infiltration technique. J. Compos. Mater. 2006, 40(13):1163-1173.
15. D. Nath, V. Sahajwalla, Growth mechanism of carbon nanotube produced by pyrolysis of a composite film of poly (vinyl alcohol) and fly ash, Appl. Phys. A, in press. doi:10.1007/s00339-011-6405-1.
16. Chiellini E., Cinelli P., Imam S.H., Mao I. Composite films based on biorelated agro-industrial waste and poly(vinyl alcohol). Preparation and mechanical properties characterization. Biomacromolecules 2001, 2:1029-1037.
17. Mueller R., Kammler H.K., Wegner K., Pratsinis S.E. OH surface density of SiO2 and TiO2 by thermogravimetric analysis. Langmuir 2003, 19:160-165.
18. Shie J.L., Chen Y.H., Chang C.Y., Lin J.P., Lee D.J., Wu C.H. Thermal pyrolysis of poly (vinyl alcohol) and its major products. Energy Fuels 2002, 16:109-118.
19. Li Y.L., Kinloch I.A., Windle A.H. Direct spinning of carbon nanotube fibers from chemical vapor deposition synthesis. Science 2004, 304:276-278.
20. Amelinckx S., Zhang X.B., Bernaerts D., Zhangt X.F., Ivanov V., Nagy J.B. A formation mechanism for catalytically grown helix-shaped graphite nanotubes. Science 1994, 265:635-639.
21. Zhang M., Atkinson K.R., Baughman R.H. Multifunctional carbon nanotube yarns by downsizing an ancient Technology. Science 2004, 306:1358-1361.
22. Didik A.A., Kodolov V.I., Volkov A.Y., Volkova E.G., Hallmeier K.H. Low-temperature growth of carbon nanotubes. Inorg. Mater. 2003, 39(6):583-587.
23. Moulder J.F., Stickle W.F., Sobol P.E., Bomben K.D. Handbook of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1992, Perkin Elmer Corporation, USA.
24. Kastner J., Pichler T., Kuzmany H., Curran S., Blau W., Weldon D.N., Delamesiere M., Draper S., Zandbergen H. Resonance Raman and infrared spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes. Chem. Phys. Lett. 1994, 221:53-58.
25. Andoa Y., Zhaoa X., Shimoyama H. Structure analysis of purified multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2001, 39:569-574.