TY - JOUR
T1 - An efficient method for the carboxylation of few-wall carbon nanotubes with little damage to their sidewalls
AU - Martín, Olga
AU - Gutierrez, Humberto R.
AU - Maroto-Valiente, Angel
AU - Terrones, Mauricio
AU - Blanco, Tamara
AU - Baselga, Juan
N1 - Funding Information:
O. Martín and J. Baselga acknowledge support from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) under grants MAT2010-17091 and MAT2009-06296E . M. Terrones acknowledges support from the Research Center for Exotic Nanocarbons , Japan regional Innovation Strategy Program by the Excellence, JST. T. Blanco acknowledges support from CDTI under the project NANOMULFUN (SAE-20081035).
PY - 2013/7/15
Y1 - 2013/7/15
N2 - We report a novel method that is able to efficiently functionalize carbon nanotubes (few-walled: from 1 to 6 layers and multiwalled) with a high yield of carboxyl groups, based on treatments with H2O2 in the presence of UV light. The amount of carboxylic groups was quantified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and back-titration, showing both measurements reasonable agreement. According to the zeta potential values and to the amount of suspended nanotubes, we demonstrate that the method is able to produce uniform and stable suspensions of carbon nanotubes in water. With the aid of scanning and transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Raman spectroscopy, we show that the surfaces of the tubes are not damaged by the treatment and that the functionalized tubes have an enhanced reactivity toward oxygen. This route is efficient and could now be used to fabricate polymer composites using few-walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
AB - We report a novel method that is able to efficiently functionalize carbon nanotubes (few-walled: from 1 to 6 layers and multiwalled) with a high yield of carboxyl groups, based on treatments with H2O2 in the presence of UV light. The amount of carboxylic groups was quantified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and back-titration, showing both measurements reasonable agreement. According to the zeta potential values and to the amount of suspended nanotubes, we demonstrate that the method is able to produce uniform and stable suspensions of carbon nanotubes in water. With the aid of scanning and transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Raman spectroscopy, we show that the surfaces of the tubes are not damaged by the treatment and that the functionalized tubes have an enhanced reactivity toward oxygen. This route is efficient and could now be used to fabricate polymer composites using few-walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2013.03.060
DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2013.03.060
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878278750
SN - 0254-0584
VL - 140
SP - 499
EP - 507
JO - Materials Chemistry and Physics
JF - Materials Chemistry and Physics
IS - 2-3
ER -