The effect of different chemical treatments on the structure and stability of aqueous dispersion of iron- and iron oxide-filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Schreiner, Wido H.¹  Zarbin, Aldo J. G.¹  Castro, Eryza G.¹  Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil¹  Matos, Carolina F.¹  Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil¹  Oliveira, Marcela M.¹  Moraes, Rodrigo A.¹ 

关键词: carbon nanotubes;    chemical treatment;    CVD;    nanostructures;    nanomaterials;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-50532011001100024

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The effect of five different chemical treatments (HNO3, H2SO4, H2O2, HNO3 + H2SO4 and HNO3 + HCl) on the homogeneity, surface chemistry, structure and dispersibility in water of iron- and iron oxide-filled multi-walled carbon nanotube samples was evaluated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Raman, UV-Visible and X-ray photoelectron (XPS) spectroscopies, thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results indicate that the chemical treatments are generally effective in removing non-nanotube carbonaceous species present in the sample. With the exception of the H2O2 treatment, the chemical treatments also offer good removal of free iron-species. Besides the increase in the sample homogeneity, the chemical treatments promoted an increase in the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups at the carbon nanotube surface, what directly affects the dispersibility of these carbon nanotubes in water. Dispersions of 2.24 × 10-1 g L-1 were obtained for the treated samples with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acid.

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