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- Title
HIGH-YIELD SYNTHESIS OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE BY HYDROTHERMAL METHOD.
- Authors
Manafi, Sahebali; Rahaei, Mohammad Bagher; Elli, Yaghoob; Joughehdoust, Sedigheh
- Abstract
The evolution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) under hydrothermal condition was investigated, because the hydrothermal method (HTM) has been utilised for commercial production of advanced engineering materials. To synthesise MWCNTs by hydrothermal process using mixed aqueous solution diethylenetriamine, polyethyleneglycol (PEG) and NaOH were used as starting materials. We investigated the effect of hydrothermal temperature, time, and amount of formative compounds. Hydrothermal reaction temperature was in the range from 150 to 180°C. The aim of the present work is to presentation hydrotflermal synthesis as a new processing method for fabrication of MWCNTs, without the addition of metal catalyst. The homogeneity of hydrothermal processes, cheapness, and availability of amorphous carbon materials, without the need of catalyst, are advantages favouring the scaling-up of the new method. The treatment of higher volumes would only require autoclaves with increasing load-bearing capacity. Synthesised MWCNTs were analysed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), a high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), and Raman spectroscopy. This result also presented a controllable way to synthesise MWCNTs with high purity. Indeed, present work will introduce new chapter in synthesising MWCNTs for scientific and engineering.
- Subjects
CARBON nanotubes; POLYETHYLENE glycol; METAL catalysts; HOMOGENEITY; CARBON; SCANNING electron microscopy; TRANSMISSION electron microscopes
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2010, Vol 88, Issue 2, p283
- ISSN
0008-4034
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cjce.20275