標題: Functionalizing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using ECR Plasma and a Mild Nitric Acid Treatment
作者: Tseng, Wen-Shou
Tseng, Chyuan-Yow
Kuo, Cheng-Tzu
材料科學與工程學系
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
關鍵字: Functionalization;Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma;X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy;Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
公開日期: 1-Dec-2009
摘要: In the present work, a two-step process combining electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma and 0.25 M nitric acid treatments is utilized to functionalize multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). In the process, high density and high incident energy hydrogen and oxygen cations generated by using ECR plasma system are used to bombard the MWCNTs for 5 min to break C-C bonds, creating free radical defects on the nanotube surface; the treated nanotubes are subsequently sonicated in the mild acid for 2 h, forming functional groups at the defects. Several characterization techniques, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis, are utilized to systematically evaluate the effect of the method. The results show that the MWCNTs treated by the presented method can contain a high concentration of oxygen-containing functional groups on the nanotube surface with the added advantage of high thermal stability and minimal destructive effects to the material structure.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2O09.1480
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/6325
ISSN: 1533-4880
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2O09.1480
期刊: JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
起始頁: 6889
結束頁: 6895
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