Carbon nanotubes prepared from three-layered copolymer microspheres of acrylonitrile and methylmethacrylate |
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Authors: | Denisa Hulicova Katsuhiko Hosoi Asao Oya |
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Affiliation: | a Energy Storage Materials Group, Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan b Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University, Tenjincho 1-5-1, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan |
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Abstract: | Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized from fine three-layered copolymer microspheres using the polymer blend technique. Diameter of PMMA core/Poly(AN-co-MMA) shell-1/PMMA shell-2 microspheres, prepared by a radical soap-free emulsion polymerization of methylmethacrylate (MMA) and acrylonitrile (AN), was between 400 nm and 500 nm. Microspheres were subjected to melt-spinning at 305 °C, stabilizing in oxygen at 220 °C for 4 h, and finally carbonizing at 1000 °C for 30 min. FE-SEM study of carbonized sample revealed the presence of CNTs arrays on carbon blocks. Similar arrays were observed in a comparative CNTs sample prepared from three-layered microspheres with the pure PAN shells-1 layers. HRTEM showed that the CNTs derived from copolymer microspheres had different structure when compared to the control sample, i.e. CNTs often adhered to each other and contained the internal compartments. The insufficient PMMA shell-2 coating of copolymer microspheres is believed to be a reason for CNTs adhesion. The possible mechanisms of the carbon block formation and the adhesion of CNTs are introduced. |
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Keywords: | Carbon nanotubes Carbonization Stabilization Electron microscopy Texture |
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