Synthesis of nitrogen-doped horn-shaped carbon nanotubes by reduction of pentachloropyridine with metallic sodium |
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Authors: | Xingcai Wu Yourong Tao Changjie Mao Lele Wen Junjie Zhu |
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Affiliation: | Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, The State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China |
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Abstract: | Nitrogen-doped horn-shaped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have successfully been prepared by reducing pentachloropyridine with metallic sodium at 350 °C. A typical CNT has an open-end diameter of ∼2 μm, a close-end diameter of ∼0.3 μm, a wall thickness of ∼30 nm, and a length up to 8 μm. TEM observation indicates that the CNTs account for ∼30% of the products, and the rest is solid and hollow carbon nanospheres (CNSs) with a diameter of about 50-290 nm. Elemental analysis shows that the N/C atomic ratio of the carbon nanostructures is about 0.0208. XRD and HRTEM measurements reveal that the CNTs are amorphous. To understand the growth process and refine the growth condition, various control experiments have been finished. At last, a sodium-catalysis-reduction solid-liquid-solid growth mechanism of the CNTs has been suggested on the basis of the experiments. |
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