NDLI: In situ removal of amorphous carbon from single-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized by induction thermal plasma

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Author	Shahverdi, A. Keun Su Kim Alinejad, Y. Soucy, G.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (Shahverdi, A.; Keun Su Kim; Alinejad, Y.; Soucy, G.)
Abstract	In this work, a simple, efficient and cost-effective in situ purification method has been developed based on gas-phase oxidation, in an effort to increase purity of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in the course of SWNT synthesis by induction thermal plasmas. This newly developed purification method has the following advantages compared with the conventional off-line gas-phase oxidation techniques; 1) residual heat carried by plasma gases from the reactor can be utilized as a heat source for the thermal oxidation reaction; 2) oxidizing reactants can pass through the SWNT soot collected on the surface of metallic filters, resulting in more uniform and effective etch of amorphous carbons; 3) this one-step process is basically continuous and easy to be scaled up. In the purification experiments, for the thermal oxidation of the SWNT soot, pre-heated oxygen is injected into the collection chamber during the SWNT synthesis with three different oxygen flow rates of 5, 7.5 and 10 vol% 02, and then subsequent changes in the SWNT soot are analyzed by various material characterization techniques, such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Raman spectroscopy. The results clearly show that the major by-product of amorphous carbons can be successfully eliminated by this method and the purity of the SWNT has been increased approximately from 35 wt% to 60 wt% due to preferential removal of amorphous carbons. The parametric study on the effect of the flow rate also suggests that the most effective flow rate of the oxidizing gas is around 10 vol%. However, the diameter distribution of the SWNT samples has been narrowed during the in situ thermal oxidation process because of a significant loss of thin nanotubes.
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ISBN	9781424419296
ISSN	07309244
DOI	10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590886
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-06-15
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Plasmas Oxidation Carbon Carbon nanotubes Purification Scanning electron microscopy Heating
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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