The invention relates to the technical field of carbon nanotubes, and particularly discloses a purification method of a
carbon nanotube. The purification method of the carbon
nano tube comprises the following steps: (1) weighing a carbon
nano tube crude product and various raw materials, (2) adding the carbon
nano tube crude product and a surfactant into deionized water, and carrying out
ultrasonic dispersion to obtain a dispersion liquid, (3) carrying out
gradient centrifugation on the dispersion liquid, and taking an upper-layer suspension liquid, and (4) mixing
hydrochloric acid,
nitric acid and the suspension liquid, and treating the carbon nano tube to obtain the carbon nano tube. (5) treating the carbon nano tube by
dilute acid, mildly oxidizing the carbon nano tube by using a low-concentration
hydrogen peroxide solution, and then placing the carbon nano tube in a
magnetic field to adsorb magnetic impurities, (6) carrying out cross-flow
filtration by using a
polycarbonate microfiltration membrane and collecting the treated carbon nano tube, and (7) annealing the treated carbon nano tube by using
inert gas and freeze-
drying to obtain the purified carbon nano tube. According to the purification method, the
metal catalyst,
amorphous carbon and
graphite impurities can be efficiently removed, and meanwhile, the integrity of the tube wall of the carbon nano tube is kept.