纳米碳管的制备及其应用

本文综述了纳米碳管的制备及应用,展望了纳米碳管广阔的应用前景。     

Glutamic acid-assisted hydrothermal recrystallization to configure bamboo-like carbon nanotubes for improved triiodide reduction

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been far and wide employed as the counter electrodes (CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells because of their individual physical and chemical properties.However,the tech-niques available now,such as chemical vapor deposition,arc discharge and laser ablation for synthesizing CNTs,commonly suffer from rigorous operations and complicated steps,which make the process difficult to be controlled.Herein,we present a simple and facile glutamic acid-assisted hydrothermal recrystal-lization strategy to construct bamboo-like CNTs (GHP-BC-x).Generally,the conventional organic dye 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) is used as a precursor and glutamic acid efficiently promotes the recrystallization of the perylene cores' planar π-conjugated system in PTCDA under hydrothermal conditions and then self-assembles into one-dimensional nanorods with improved crystal-lization degree,finally resulting in the morphology of bamboo-like CNTs after carbonization.When applied as the counter electrodes,the GHP-BC-3 displays a remarkable power conversion efficiency of 8.25％,benefiting from the superb electrical conductivity and mass transfer dynamics,superior to that of Pt CE (7.62％).     

Synthesis of Y-junction single-wall carbon nanotubes

Y-junction single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are synthesized using controlled catalysts by chemical vapor deposition. Mo-doped Fe nanoparticles supported by aluminum oxide particles are used as catalysts for growing Y-junction single-wall carbon nanotubes. Distribution of Mo-doped Fe particles plays an important role in Y-junction formation. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the formation of single-walled structures of Y-junctions with diameters of 2-5 nm. Radial breathing mode peaks in Raman spectra show that our sample has both metallic and semiconducting nanotubes, indicating the possible formation of Y-branching with different electrical properties. The different electrical properties of branch and stem can be utilized in nanoscale three terminal electronic devices. The growth mechanism of Y-junction SWNTs is proposed.     

Multi-wall carbon nanotubes by catalytic decomposition of carbon monoxide on Ni/MgO

The redox behavior of the catalyst and the catalytic decomposition of carbon monoxide (CO) were investigated in the synthesis process of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) using Ni/MgO catalyst. The surface morphology of the heated Ni layer was observed by TEM to confirm the formation of NiO particles (50 nm or less) and NiO (222). The chemical reaction behavior of the catalyst in CO the atmosphere was displayed via TG-DSC analysis, and the reduction of NiO was revealed due to the mass decrease of 2.71 wt% and the exothermic peak at around 400°C. The deposition of carbon was identified with an increase in mass and the exothermic peak near 600°C. Ni (111) and carbon (002) facets was taken place in a diffraction pattern of carbon deposited catalyst, indicating the reduction in NiO and the graphitic carbon deposition. The crystallinity of the graphitic carbon was analyzed as the ratios of 0.998 for I_D/I_G and 0.26 for sp³/sp² in Raman and photoelectron spectra. The encapsulated Ni in MWCNT was observed through TEM-EDS, verifying the activation of the catalyst by CO.     

乙醇裂解协同制备氢气和碳纳米管

以乙醇为碳源,采用浸渍法制备的担载量为Fe(5%)/C催化剂,利用化学气相沉积法协同制备碳纳米管和氢气,分析了裂解温度(500⁸00℃)对于产生氢气产率和碳纳米管品质的影响。对于Fe(5%)/C催化裂解乙醇,最佳的反应温度为600℃,碳管的品质较好,氢气的产率最高为75%,生成的碳管为多壁碳纳米管。     

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes on carbon fibers by means of two-step thermochemical vapor deposition

The present study aimed at development of a method for synthesizing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on carbon paper substrates (CP) at densities as high as those so far reported for CNTs formed on quartz substrates. Applying conditions optimized for CNTs synthesis on quartz substrates, in which CP was heated at 1073 K, being placed parallel to the flow of m-xylene/ferrocene vapor, resulted in formation of extremely few deposits on CP. Forced vapor flow through the CP greatly improved the frequency and homogeneity of deposition of the Fe-bearing nanoparticles, but these became encapsulated by carbon and deactivated. The addition of H₂S to the vapor further enhanced nanoparticle deposition. Moreover, it enabled the subsequent formation of CNTs at densities as high as 2-6 × 10⁹ cm⁻². In order to realize such high population densities, it was found essential to perform CVD in a two-stage sequence commencing with nanoparticles deposition at 1073 K followed by the formation and growth of CNTs at 1273 K, with the H₂S concentration in the vapor phase optimized throughout within a range of 0.014-0.034 vol%.     

Solid-liquid-solid growth mechanism of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Reasons are presented which suggest that the liquefaction of the catalytic particles is a decisive condition for formation of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by physical synthesis techniques. It is argued that the SWNT growth mechanism is a kind of solid-liquid-solid graphitization of amorphous carbon or other imperfect carbon forms catalyzed by molten supersaturated carbon-metal nanoparticles. The assumption of low temperature melting of these nanoparticles in contact with amorphous carbon followed by its precipitation in the form of SWNTs allows to explain qualitatively the experimentally observed SWNT growth rates and temperature dependence of the SWNT yield. Guidelines for increasing SWNT yield are proposed.     

Melt mixing of carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes incorporated polyurethanes

Polyurethane composites filled with carbon fibers (CF) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) were prepared by mixing and injection molding, and its mechanical as well as their thermal properties were investigated. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), and thermal conductivity tests were done, and the properties were evaluated as a function of the filler concentration. The storage modulus of the composites increased with fillers concentration, which also mean the increase of the stiffness, suggest a good adhesion between the polyurethane matrix and the fillers. Addition of more CF and CNT to the composites broadened and lowered the peak of tan δ specifies that the polyurethane composite became more elastic because there is a good adhesion between the fillers and the matrix. The addition of carbon fillers improves the thermal stability of the polyurethane. The inclusions of CNT show a better thermal stability when compared with CF. The addition of carbon fillers also increased the thermal conductivity of the polyurethane composites. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

煤基碳纳米管的制备

碳纳米管是一类新型纳米炭，具有很多潜在的应用价值，用煤为碳源制备碳纳米管可以降低其成本，本文介绍了电弧放电法和等离子体法制备煤基碳纳米管研究情况，以及相应的煤基碳纳米管生长机制。     

碳纳米管在电化学传感器中的应用进展

综述了碳纳米管(Carbon Nanotube,CNT)在电化学传感器研究中的应用进展。重点介绍了CNT电极和CNT修饰电极的制备、电化学特性及应用,并对其在DNA电化学生物传感器方面的应用前景与挑战进行了展望。     

Synthesis of water-soluble single-walled carbon nanotubes by RAFT polymerization

Water-soluble single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were synthesized by grafting poly(acrylamide) (PAM) from the surface of SWNT via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The RAFT agents were covalently attached to the SWNTs by functionalizing SWNTs with in situ generated diazonium compounds. The product was characterized by means of FT-IR, Raman, ¹H NMR, TGA and TEM. The results showed that PAM chains had successfully grafted from SWNT by RAFT polymerization. The amount of PAM grown from SWNT increased with the polymerization time. The acrylamide conversion increased linearly with the polymerization time, indicating the “living” characteristics of the RAFT polymerization. TEM was utilized to image PAM-g-SWNT, showing relatively uniform polymer coatings present on the surface of individual, debundled nanotubes.     

Synthesis,characterizations, and physical properties of carbon nanotubes coated by conducting polypyrrole

A new type of carbon nanotube (CNT) (diameter of <100 nm) coated by conducting polypyrrole (PPY) was synthesized by in situ polymerization on CNTs. The structure of the resulting complex nanotubes (CNT‐PPY) was characterized by elemental analysis, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectra, and X‐ray diffraction. These indicated no significant chemical interaction between PPY and the CNT. The electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties of the complex nanotubes were measured and showed the physical properties of the CNTs were modified by conducting PPY. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2605–2610, 1999     

煤基碳纳米管制备技术和生长机理研究进展

我国煤炭资源丰富,但现阶段以燃烧、热解和气化等为主的传统利用方式存在资源浪费、环境污染和经济效益低等问题,且我国以煤炭资源为主题的能源结构在短期内不会发生改变,因此,清洁、高效利用是新时期煤炭资源的立足点和首要任务。另一方面,碳纳米管因其独特的一维结构在力学、电学和热学等方面具有优异的特性,使其在复合材料、电子材料和能源材料等领域具有广泛的应用,但是碳纳米管制备成本偏高的问题较为突出,严重限制了其大规模的应用,现阶段急需开发新型、环境友好的碳纳米管制备技术。宏量、低成本的煤基碳纳米管制备技术可以同时较好地解决上述2个问题。笔者基于文献重点分析了反应原料、放电气氛和催化剂等因素对电弧放电法和等离子体射流法2种煤基直接制备碳纳米管技术的影响,讨论了原料种类、催化剂、反应温度、升温速率和反应气氛等因素对化学气相沉积法-煤基间接碳纳米管制备技术的影响过程。分析发现,在电弧放电法和等离子体射流法中,原料种类对碳纳米管产物的产量具有重要作用,放电气氛对碳纳米管产物的类型具有重要影响,催化剂对碳纳米管产物产量和类型均具有重要影响;在化学气相沉积法中,原料种类对碳纳米管产物形貌、长径比和有序度等性质具有重要影响,催化剂对碳纳米管产物的生长过程具有重要影响,反应温度和升温速率对碳纳米管产物的管径变化和类型具有重要影响,反应气氛可改变催化剂的催化效果。此外,总结了煤基碳纳米管直接和间接制备技术中碳纳米管的生长机理的类型及特点:其中,直接制备技术中碳纳米管生长过程符合碎片式生长机理,而间接制备技术中碳纳米管生长过程可分为气-液-固(VLS)、气-固-固(VSS)、气相成核(VPN)和阶梯式等类型。分析认为应当深入开展以下工作:探究煤、煤热解气和商业煤气等廉价原料制备碳纳米管的过程,进而建立和完善原料与碳纳米管产物之间的关系体系;开发新型、高效的煤基碳纳米管催化剂制备技术;建立新的碳纳米管生长模型,进一步丰富和完善碳纳米管生长模型体系。     

Crack growth resistance of natural rubber reinforced with carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/natural rubber (NR) composites are prepared through ultrasonically assisted latex mixing combined with a two-roll mixing process, and their crack growth behavior is examined to evaluate their fatigue properties. CNTs/NR shows a reinforcement of crack growth resistance compared to unfilled NR. The measurements of the tearing energy and the hysteresis loss show that CNTs/NR exhibits more energy dissipation than NR. Also, strain-induced crystallization (SIC) around the crack tip of CNTs/NR and NR composite was examined at different fatigue strains. CNTs positioned at the crack tip led to a crack branching at low fatigue strain, which is responsible for the improvement of the crack growth resistance of CNTs/NR. However, the inclusion of CNTs renders NR higher crystallinity and larger crystallization zones in front of the crack tip at high fatigue strains, which allows more energy dissipation during crack growth. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48447.     

Fabrication of carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole/carbon nanotubes/melamine foam for supercapacitor

The carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been loaded on the melamine foam (MF) to form the composite (CNTs/MF) by dip‐dry process, then polypyrrole (PPy) is coated on CNTs/MF (PPy/CNTs/MF) through chemical oxidation polymerization by using FeCl₃·6H₂O adsorbed on CNTs/MF as oxidant to polymerize the pyrrole vapor. Finally, CNTs are coated on the surface of PPy/CNTs/MF to increase the conductivity of the composite (CNTs/PPy/CNTs/MF) by dip‐dry process again. The composites have been characterized by X‐ray diffraction spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and electrochemical method. The results show that the structure of the composites has obvious influence on their capacitive properties. According to the galvanostatic charge/discharge test, the specific capacitance of CNTs/PPy/CNTs/MF is about 184 F g^?1 based on the total mass of the composite and 262 F g^?1 based on the mass of PPy (70.2 wt % in the composite) at the current density of 0.4 A g^?1, which is higher than that of PPy/CNTs/MF (120 F g^?1 based on the total mass of the composite and 167 F g^?1 based on the mass of the PPy). Furthermore, the capacitor assembled by CNTs/PPy/CNTs/MF shows excellent cyclic stability. The capacitance of the cell assembled by CNTs/PPy/CNTs/MF retains 96.3% over 450 scan cycles at scan rate of 20 mV s^?1, which is larger than that assembled by CNTs/PPy/MF (72.5%). © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 39779.     

碳纳米管改性处理的研究

用不同的处理方法，对碳纳米管进行改性处理，结合碳纳米管的理论估算，通过BET法评价不同处理方法的改性效果。实验结果表明碳纳米管经过空气氧化或浓混酸回流处理后，由高倍透射电镜显示，其管长变短。管端端帽开口，从而显著增加了碳纳米管的比表面积和孔容。     

纳米碳管纯化处理的研究进展

概述了当前纳米碳管纯化处理的研究现状，简单介绍了物理纯化方法和化学纯化方法的特点，详细介绍了液相氧化法、气相氧化法和多种方法联用的纯化方法，并对纯化方法的趋势作了展望。     

Synthesis and electro-catalytic activity of methanol oxidation on nitrogen containing carbon nanotubes supported Pt electrodes

Template synthesis of various nitrogen containing carbon nanotubes using different nitrogen containing polymers and the variation of nitrogen content in carbon nanotube (CNT) on the behaviour of supported Pt electrodes in the anodic oxidation of methanol in direct methanol fuel cells was investigated. Characterizations of the as-prepared catalysts are investigated by electron microscopy and electrochemical analysis. The catalyst with N-containing CNT as a support exhibits a higher catalytic activity than that carbon supported platinum electrode and CNT supported electrodes. The N-containing CNT supported electrodes with 10.5% nitrogen content show a higher catalytic activity compared to other N-CNT supported electrodes. This could be due to the existence of additional active sites on the surface of the N-containing CNT supported electrodes, which favours better dispersion of Pt particles. Also, the strong metal-support interaction plays a major role in enhancing the catalytic activity for methanol oxidation.     

碳纳米管/聚氨酯功能复合材料的制备与应用

介绍了碳纳米管的处理、碳纳米管/聚氨酯复合材料的制备方法：碳纳米管的处理方法有表面处理改性和局部活化改性2种; 碳纳米管/聚氨酯复合材料的制备方法有物理共混法和原位聚合法。结合碳纳米管和聚氨酯的特性,综述了碳纳米管/聚氨酯复合材料在力学性能的增强、电子材料、智能材料、生物医学材料和节能材料等方面的应用,并对CNTs/PU复合材料未来的研究工作提出了几点意见。     

Polyelectrolyte-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes: preparation, characterization and layer-by-layer self-assembly

Two kinds of polyelectrolyte: polyacrylic acid (PAA) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS), were grafted onto the convex surfaces of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by surface-initiating ATRP (atom transfer radical polymerization) from the initiating sites previously anchored onto the convex surfaces of MWNTs. The grafted polyelectrolyte can be efficiently quantified by the feed ratio of monomer to MWNT-based macroinitiator, and the maximum amount of grafted polymer is higher than 55 wt%. The polyelectrolyte-coated MWNTs resembled core-shell structures justified by the TEM images of the samples obtained, which provided direct evidence for the covalent modification of MWNT. FTIR, ¹H NMR and TGA were used to determine the chemical structure of the resulting products. Comparison of UV-Vis spectra demonstrated that the products were water-soluble, and that PSS was more effective for improving the water solubility of carbon nanotubes. Using the polyelectrolyte- and carboxylic acid-functionalized MWNTs as templates, and poly(2-(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl) methacrylate (PDMAEMA)/hyperbranched polysulfone amine (HPSA) and PSS as polycation and polyanion, respectively, layer-by-layer (LbL) electrostatic self-assembly was conducted in order to explore the application of the functionalized nanotubes. It was found that the functionalized MWNTs have a high efficiency for loading polyelectrolytes by the LbL approach (the adsorbed polymer quantity is higher than 10 wt% in one assembling step). TEM observations showed that the assembled polymer shell on the MWNT surfaces was very even and flat.