Common Wet Chemical Agents for Purifying Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Joint Authors
Das, Rasel
Abd Hamid, Sharifah Bee
Ramakrishna, Seeram
Annuar, M. S. M.
Ali, M. E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purification and functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are challenging but vital for their effective applications in various fields including water purification technologies, optoelectronics, biosensors, fuel cells, and electrode arrays.
The currently available purification techniques, often complicated and time consuming, yielded shortened and curled MWCNTs that are not suitable for applications in certain fields such as membrane technologies, hybrid catalysis, optoelectronics, and sensor developments.
Here we described the H2O2 synergy on the actions of HCl and KOH in purifying and functionalizing pristine MWCNTs.
The method (HCl/H2O2) showed 100% purification yield as compared to HCl and KOH/H2O2 with purification yields 93.46 and 3.92%, respectively.
We probed the findings using transmission electron microscope, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope, attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscope, Raman spectroscope, thermal gravimetric analysis, and X-ray powder diffraction.
The study is a new avenue for simple, rapid, low cost, and scalable purification of pristine MWCNTs for application in versatile fields.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Das, Rasel& Ali, M. E.& Abd Hamid, Sharifah Bee& Annuar, M. S. M.& Ramakrishna, Seeram. 2014. Common Wet Chemical Agents for Purifying Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Das, Rasel…[et al.]. Common Wet Chemical Agents for Purifying Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Das, Rasel& Ali, M. E.& Abd Hamid, Sharifah Bee& Annuar, M. S. M.& Ramakrishna, Seeram. Common Wet Chemical Agents for Purifying Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042088
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1042088