Wu Zheqiong, Mitra Somenath
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
Carbon N Y. 2015 Jul 1;88:233-238. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.03.005.
Removal of oxidation debris for generating high purity functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been a challenge, where base washing has been found to be an effective purification treatment. In this paper we report microwave induced reactive base wash (MRW) as a fast, green alternate to conventional filtrate washing. Carboxylated CNTs of three different dimensions were subjected to MRW and the results were compared to conventional base-wash. The results showed that MRW was an effective method for the removal of oxidation debris which reduced the reaction time from 4 hours to 20 min and alkali consumption by 75%. The CNTs from MRW were similar to those from conventional base wash in terms of dimensions, elemental composition, BET surface area and colloidal stability in aqueous media.
去除氧化碎片以生成高纯度功能化碳纳米管(CNT)一直是一项挑战,其中碱洗已被证明是一种有效的纯化处理方法。在本文中,我们报告了微波诱导反应性碱洗(MRW),它是一种快速、绿色的传统滤液洗涤替代方法。对三种不同尺寸的羧基化碳纳米管进行了MRW处理,并将结果与传统碱洗进行了比较。结果表明,MRW是一种去除氧化碎片的有效方法,它将反应时间从4小时缩短至20分钟,并将碱消耗量降低了75%。在尺寸、元素组成、BET表面积和在水性介质中的胶体稳定性方面,MRW处理后的碳纳米管与传统碱洗处理后的碳纳米管相似。