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Method of treating carbon nano tube using electric arc discharging

A carbon nanotube and arc discharge technology, which is applied in the field of carbon nanotube purification and orderly arrangement, can solve the problems of carbon nanotube structure damage, and it is difficult to control carbon nanotubes from being oxidized or structurally damaged.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-12
TIANJIN UNIV
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However, the acid-washing oxidation route will lead to the destruction of the carbon nanotube structure. This is because the thermal and oxidative structural stability of amorphous carbon and carbon nanotubes are similar. Oxidized or structurally damaged

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[0017] Embodiment one: the carbon nanofiber bundle sample (long 10 millimeters, thick 500 microns) that adopts metal iron catalyst vapor phase synthesis is placed in the three-necked glass beaker, the negative pole of DC power is entered in the glass beaker by the side port of glass beaker and with One end of the carbon nanotube fiber bundle is in contact, the mouth of the rubber plug is sealed, the positive electrode of the power supply enters the beaker through another inlet, the mouth of the rubber plug is sealed, and the beaker is evacuated to 10 through the top port. -3 Torr, and then filled with high-purity argon at an atmospheric pressure, sealing the upper gas inlet. Adjust the power supply voltage to 24 volts, and briefly contact the positive electrode with the other end of the fiber in the beaker outside the beaker for 0.1 milliseconds, and electric sparks can be seen at the contact point outside the beaker. Observing the discharge-treated sample through scanning ele...

Embodiment 2

[0018] Embodiment 2: Connect the single-walled carbon nanotube fiber bundle synthesized by laser evaporation to the negative pole of the DC power supply with a thickness of 1 mm and a length of 2 cm, adjust the voltage to 24 volts, and quickly touch the other electrode to the other end of the fiber bundle At one end, leaving, an electrical spark can be observed at the contacts. The whole process is carried out in the air. Sampling the discharge-treated carbon nanotube fiber was placed on the copper grid of the transmission electron microscope for observation, and it can be seen that the end of the fiber ignited by spark discharge was cut. As shown in Figure 4.

Embodiment 3

[0019] Embodiment 3: Connect one end of the amorphous carbon nanotube flocs synthesized by arc discharge to one pole of the DC power supply with a volume of 5 mm x 5 mm x 5 mm, adjust the voltage to 24 volts, and quickly touch the other electrode to the non- On the other side of the crystalline carbon nanotube flocs, electric sparks can be observed at the contacts. The whole process is carried out in the air. Sampling the discharge-treated carbon nanotube flocs and observing them on the copper grid of scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope shows that the amorphous layer on the surface of the original amorphous carbon nanotubes is peeled off to form single-walled carbon nanotube bundles with clean surfaces. The original amorphous layer was transformed into particles with a diameter of 20nm. As shown in Figure 6.

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The present invention discloses a method for treating carbon nano tube by utilizing electric arc discharge, belonging to the field of carbon nano tube purification and directional arrangement technology. Said method includes the following steps: directly applying voltage and current to carbon nano tube, making electric spark treatment, removing metal or oxide catalyst attached to the surface of carbon nano tube and stripping deposited amorphous carbon layer, at the same time cutting and directionally arranging carbon nano tube.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for treating carbon nanotubes by electric arc discharge, which belongs to the technology of purifying and orderly arranging carbon nanotubes. Background technique [0002] Due to the potential ultra-high strength, high toughness, high electrical conductivity, high thermal conductivity, semiconductor, gas sensitivity, heat sensitivity, electromechanical response and many other excellent and unique structural and physical and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes, as well as a wide range of application prospects, carbon nanotubes The preparation and purification of nanotubes are very important. There are three main methods for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes: arc discharge method, laser evaporation method and catalytic cracking method. Carbon nanotubes prepared by different methods will contain the same impurities such as amorphous carbon. At present, the catalytic cracking method is mainly used to prepare carbon. n...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): C01B31/02C30B29/02C30B29/62C30B33/04
Inventor 李亚利刘湘
Owner TIANJIN UNIV