WC/CNT纳米复合材料制备及其对甲醇氧化的电催化性能

采用表面修饰技术将碳纳米管(CNT)表面羧基化, 通过羧基将钨离子基团修饰到碳纳米管的外表面, 再通过原位还原碳化技术, 将钨离子基团还原成碳化钨(WC)纳米微粒, 制备出WC/CNT纳米复合材料. 采用FTIR、XRD、SEM、HRTEM和N2吸附等分析测试手段对样品的形貌、晶相组成和微观结构特征进行了表征. FTIR和N2吸附结果表明, 硝化后, 在碳纳米管表面羧基化的同时比表面积增加; XRD结果表明, WC/CNT样品由碳纳米管、WC以及非化学计量比的氧化钨组成; SEM和HRTEM结果表明, WC纳米颗粒均匀地分散于碳纳米管的外表面,并与碳纳米管构成了复合材料. 采用循环伏安法测试了样品在碱性条件下对甲醇氧化的电催化性能, 结果表明, 复合材料对甲醇氧化的电催性能明显强于WC 和碳纳米管, 并在实验结果的基础上探讨了复合材料催化性能提高的原因.     

CNT表面修饰对Pt/CNT在邻氯硝基苯加氢反应中催化性能的影响

用乙二醇还原法制备了碳纳米管(CNT)负载的铂催化剂(Pt/CNT).考察了CNT化学修饰与物理修饰对催化剂的影响.CNT化学修饰采用H2SO4-HNO3氧化法,物理修饰采用十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)吸附法.用X射线衍射、透射电子显微镜、电感耦合等离子发射光谱、H2程序升温脱附、傅里叶变换红外光谱和元素分析对Pt/CNT催化剂进行了表征,并以邻氯硝基苯选择加氢为探针反应考察了Pt/CNT的催化性能.结果表明,化学修饰与物理修饰都能在CNT表面引入一定数量的活性位,有助于促进Pt异相成核,提高Pt的分散性,进而提高催化剂的活性.SDS在一定浓度下可形成特定结构的胶束,导致形成特定形貌的Pt纳米粒子.     

非离子型水溶性卟啉功能化单壁碳纳米管的研究

合成了两种非离子型水溶性卟啉分子,并利用它们对单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)进行了非共价表面修饰。功能化后SWNTs能够在水中均匀分散。紫外-可见光谱、荧光光谱、透射电镜的测试结果均证明非离子型水溶性卟啉分子与SWNTs之间存在强烈的相互作用。其中,含有柔性烷基取代链的卟啉分子因与SWNTs之间存在π-π和疏水双重相互作用,所形成的复合物在水中表现出更好的分散稳定性。这种既具有水溶性又具有生物相容性和良好稳定性的功能化SWNTs,在生物医药领域具有潜在的应用前景。     

碳纳米管改性聚苯硫醚熔纺纤维的结构与性能研究

将多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)和聚苯硫醚(PPS)经过熔融挤出后制备成复合材料切片,并采用熔融纺丝法制得碳纳米管改性聚苯硫醚复合纤维.采用扫描电镜(SEM)、拉曼光谱、示差扫描量热分析(DSC)、动态机械分析(DMA)以及力学性能测试等表征手段研究了复合纤维中碳管的分散状态,与基体的界面作用,复合纤维的结晶性能以及力学性能,从而探讨了聚苯硫醚/碳纳米管复合纤维体系的微观结构与宏观性能之间的关系.研究表明,聚苯硫醚分子结构与碳纳米管之间具有的π-π共轭作用使碳管较为均匀的分散在基体中,界面结合较为紧密.同时熔融纺丝过程中的拉伸作用使碳管进一步解缠并使碳管沿纤维拉伸方向取向.另一方面,拉曼光谱显示拉伸作用有效地增强了界面作用,有利于外界应力的传递.碳管的良好分散以及强的界面作用使复合纤维力学性能得到大幅度的提高,当碳管含量达到5 wt%时,复合纤维的模量有了明显的提高,拉伸强度较纯PPS纤维提高了近220%.     

DNA共价修饰单壁碳纳米管电极的制备及与VB6 相互作用的研究

利用单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)上的羧基与DNA末端的氨基形成酰胺共价键从而共价修饰SWNTs,制备了新型DNA共价修饰SWNTs电极.傅立叶红外光谱表明DNA共价结合在SWNTs上,用扫描电镜(SEM)表征了SWNTs、DNA共价修饰的SWNTs的结构与形貌.循环伏安法(CV)研究了DNA修饰SWNTs电极的电化学特性,通过改变扫描速率,发现DNA修饰电极的过程属于扩散控制过程.维生素B6(VB6)与SWNTs上DNA的相互作用研究结果表明:DNA分子共价修饰在SWNTs上后仍具有生物活性,且能够与其他生物分子发生相互作用.     

单壁碳纳米管自还原法制备负载Pt催化剂及其催化性能

金属Pt是良好的催化加氢、脱氢催化剂, 利用单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)自身的还原性, 将K2PtCl6溶液中的Pt直接还原并负载在SWNTs表面上, 制备了具有良好催化性能的SWNTs/Pt负载型催化剂. 通过TEM, XPS和TG对材料进行了表征, 研究了K2PtCl6浓度及溶剂对Pt负载量、粒径的影响, 并测试了SWNTs/Pt的催化性能. 实验结果表明, SWNTs负载的Pt颗粒小, 分散均匀, 负载量高, 与SWNTs结合紧密, 催化性能好, 是催化加氢和脱氢反应的良好催化剂.     

1,2-萘醌修饰的碳纳米管对β-烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸电化学氧化的催化作用

将具有电活性的1,2-萘醌(1,2-naphthoqu inone,Nq)分子修饰到碳纳米管(CNT)表面形成Nq-CNT纳米复合体,用紫外可见(UV-V is)和红外光谱等方法对Nq-CNT进行了表征,结果表明Nq不仅能快速、有效地修饰到CNT表面,而且还能有效地改善CNT在水溶液中的分散性能。循环伏安结果显示,与GC电极相比,CNT能显著提高Nq的氧化还原峰电流,其伏安曲线上表现出一对几乎对称的氧化还原峰,式量电位E0′几乎不随扫速而变化。进一步的实验结果表明,Nq和CNT对β-烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NADH)的电化学氧化具有协同催化作用,与CNT或Nq相比,Nq-CNT具有较高的电催化活性,能使其氧化过电位降低超过510 mV。本研究对碳纳米管功能化方法具有简单、电极制作容易以及催化效率高等优点。     

表面活性剂对TiO_2/CNT苯酚与碳酸二甲酯酯交换活性的影响

以表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（CTAB）和十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）改性的碳纳米管为载体,制备了TiO2/CNT催化剂,用于苯酚与碳酸二甲酯酯交换合成碳酸二苯酯的反应.采用X射线衍射（XRD）、扫描电镜（SEM）和透射电镜（TEM）对改性前后催化剂的结构和形貌进行了表征,显示出负载后的催化剂中活性组分二氧化钛以无定形...     

单壁碳纳米管在胆酸类表面活性剂中的分散及手性碳管(6,5)的双水相分离方法

选用牛磺脱氧胆酸钠和脱氧胆酸钠等6种胆酸类表面活性剂,考察其对单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs)的分散能力.紫外-可见-近红外吸收光谱测试结果表明,在超声功率为225 W,超声时间1 h的分散条件下,胆酸类表面活性剂均能对SWCNTs均匀分散,均可作为SWCNTs的分散剂.在相同条件下,质量分数为2%的牛磺脱氧胆酸钠对SWCNTs的分散能力最强,脱氧胆酸钠对SWCNTs的分散能力最弱.此外,还采用聚乙二醇/葡聚糖双水相系统对SWCNTs分散液进行了萃取分离,获得了纯度较高的手性SWCNTs(6,5).所筛选的SWCNTs分散剂及采用的双水相分离方法为单一手性SWCNTs的分离提供了一定的技术参考.     

碳纳米管修饰电极上沙丁胺醇电催化氧化研究

将多壁碳纳米管(MWNT)分散在疏水性表面活性剂双十六烷基磷酸(DHP)溶液中形成稳定、均相的分散液,然后制备多壁碳纳米管-DHP复合膜修饰玻碳电极(MWNT-DHP/GCE).应用方波伏安法研究了沙丁胺醇在修饰电极上的电化学行为,结果表明,碳纳米管复合膜修饰电极对沙丁胺醇的氧化有良好的电催化活性,其氧化反应为一电子一质子过程,氧化电位比裸玻碳电极负移40 mV,峰电流增加了4.5倍.在最佳测试条件下,氧化峰电流与沙丁胺醇浓度在8.3×10-7~3.3×10-6mol/L范围内呈良好线性关系,开路富集2min,检出限达1.8×10-7mol/L.该修饰电极具有良好的重现性、稳定性.     

Kinetics of PL quenching during single-walled carbon nanotube rebundling and diameter-dependent surfactant interactions

The kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotube rebundling have been investigated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The rate of loss of PL intensity was measured for 12 different nanotubes in three common aqueous surfactants (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS; sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, SDBS; and sodium cholate, SC) as the surfactant suspensions were diluted to promote nanotube rebundling, quenching of semiconductor nanotube PL, and precipitation. The rate of PL decay was first-order in the concentration of isolated nanotubes, as expected if surfactant desorption is rate-limiting in the rebundling process. Temperature-dependent measurements permitted an Arrhenius analysis from which diameter-dependent activation energies were determined. SDS was found to have very strong diameter dependence for activation energy, with stronger binding to smaller-diameter nanotubes, whereas SDBS displayed a weaker diameter dependence. SC was found to bind strongly to certain nanotubes and weakly to the (10,2) nanotube. The PL emission red shifted with time after dilution as surfactant desorption proceeded. This effect is attributed to an increase in the micropolarity at the nanotube surface.     

Understanding surfactant aided aqueous dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Dispersions of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) assisted by surfactant adsorption were prepared for a number of ionic and non-ionic surfactants including sodium 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (NaDDBS), hexadecyl(trimethyl)azanium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecane-1-sulfonate (SDS), Pluronic? F68, Pluronic? F127, and Triton? X-100 to examine the effects of nanotube diameter, surfactant concentration, and pH on nanotube dispersability. Nanotube diameter was found to be an important role in surfactant adsorption rendering single-walled carbon nanotube studies as unreliable in predicting MWNT dispersive behavior. Similar to other reports, increasing surfactant concentrations resulted in a solubility plateau. Quantification of nanotube solubility at these plateaus demonstrated that CTAB is the best surfactant for MWNTs at neutral pH conditions. Deviations from neutral pH demonstrated negligible influence on non-ionic surfactant adsorption. In contrast, both cationic and anionic surfactants were found to be poor dispersing aids for highly acidic solutions while, CTAB remained a good surfactant under strongly basic conditions. These pH dependent results were explained in the context of nanotube surface ionization and Debye length variation.     

Role of adsorbed surfactant in the reaction of aryl diazonium salts with single-walled carbon nanotubes

Because covalent chemistry can diminish the optical and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), there is significant interest in developing methods of controllably functionalizing the nanotube sidewall. To date, most attempts at obtaining such control have focused on reaction stoichiometry or strength of oxidative treatment. Here, we examine the role of surfactants in the chemical modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes with aryl diazonium salts. The adsorbed surfactant layer is shown to affect the diazonium derivatization of carbon nanotubes in several ways, including electrostatic attraction or repulsion, steric exclusion, and direct chemical modification of the diazonium reactant. Electrostatic effects are most pronounced in the cases of anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate and cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, where differences in surfactant charge can significantly affect the ability of the diazonium ion to access the SWCNT surface. For bile salt surfactants, with the exception of sodium cholate, we find that the surfactant wraps tightly enough such that exclusion effects are dominant. Here, sodium taurocholate exhibits almost no reactivity under the explored reaction conditions, while for sodium deoxycholate and sodium taurodeoxycholate, we show that the greatest extent of reaction is observed among a small population of nanotube species, with diameters between 0.88 and 0.92 nm. The anomalous reaction of nanotubes in this diameter range seems to imply that the surfactant is less effective at coating these species, resulting in a reduced surface coverage on the nanotube. Contrary to the other bile salts studied, sodium cholate enables high selectivity toward metallic species and small band gap semiconductors, which is attributed to surfactant-diazonium coupling to form highly reactive diazoesters. Further, it is found that the rigidity of anionic surfactants can significantly influence the ability of the surfactant layer to stabilize the diazonium ion near the nanotube surface. Such Coulombic and surfactant packing effects offer promise toward employing surfactants to controllably functionalize carbon nanotubes.     

碳纳米管透明导电薄膜的可控制备

碳纳米管具有优秀的导电性能、 透光性能和十分突出的柔性, 在柔性透明导电薄膜中有着良好的应用前景. 如何制备同时拥有良好导电性能和透光性能的碳纳米管薄膜是这一领域研究的核心问题. 本综述介绍了碳纳米管薄膜的制备方法, 并重点讨论了基于漂浮催化剂化学气相沉积法的碳纳米管薄膜的可控制备. 在生长过程中限制碳纳米管的团聚、 增加碳纳米管的长度、 降低杂质的含量是提高碳纳米管薄膜性能的主要策略.     

Aggregation behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes in dilute aqueous suspension

The aggregation behavior of colloidal single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in dilute aqueous suspensions was investigated using a novel light scattering measurement technique. The aggregation of SWNT in three suspensions was examined: (1) nanotubes after acid treatment; (2) as-received nanotubes stabilized by a nonionic surfactant; and (3) acid-treated nanotubes with nonionic surfactant. Continuous light scattering measurements of the SWNT suspensions (probing the 38-436 nm length scale) made over two weeks showed that the nanotubes in each sample formed networks with fractal-like structures. The as-received nanotubes were stable over the measurement period, while the acid-treated nanotube suspension showed greater dispersion variability over time, yielding looser structures at large length scales and more compact structures at smaller length scales. The addition of surfactant to the acid-treated suspension significantly enhanced nanotube dispersion.     

Separation of carbon nanotubes in aqueous medium by capillary electrophoresis

A robust and reproducible method for the dispersion of carbon nanotubes, either single-walled or multi-walled is presented. Dispersion of nanotubes was achieved as surfactant-coated species of sodium dodecyl sulphate. The addition of small amounts of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) together with the surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate, was found critical to achieve reproducible nanotubes dispersion and to obtain an homogeneous and stable solution. This solution is further analyzed by capillary electrophoresis using a background electrolyte solution containing a polymer, 0.025% (w/v) HPMC solution prepared in 5 mM ammonium acetate at pH 8.03. This electrophoretic method presents a high reproducibility between runs, being an interesting alternative to study nanotube size distribution or characterization after synthesis. In addition, the methodology developed allowed the study of the interaction of the different types of carbon nanotubes with a molecular probe such as pentachlorophenol. This procedure was showed effective to detect small differences on the chemical/physical surface properties of the nanotubes. The different interaction behavior found within the two SWNTs selected was critically discussed.     

碳纳米管纤维的连续制备及高性能化

碳纳米管纤维是一种碳纳米管的宏观聚集体,是由碳纳米管及管束组装而成的连续纱线,具有高强、高韧、高导电等特性,在结构功能一体化复合材料、纤维状能源器件、人工肌肉以及轻质导电线缆等领域具有非常广泛的应用前景。经过近二十年的发展,碳纳米管纤维材料在连续制备技术、高性能化以及应用探索等方面相继取得了突破性的研究进展。本文总结了碳纳米管纤维材料的发展历程,对比介绍了碳纳米管纤维的不同连续制备与组装技术,重点讨论了碳纳米管纤维结构与性能之间的关联规律,并对目前碳纳米管纤维的高性能化方法进行了综述。在此基础上,对碳纳米管纤维材料的发展思路以及未来的应用方向进行了展望。     

Structure and properties of aqueous dispersions of sodium dodecyl sulfate with carbon nanotubes

The dispersing action of the surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) on the carbon nanotubes (CNT) in aqueous medium has been studied. Electron microscopy, molecular docking, NMR and IR spectroscopies were applied to determine the physical-chemical properties of CNT dispersions in SDS—water solutions. It was established that micellar adsorption of the surfactant on the surface of carbon material and solubilization of SDS in aqueous medium contribute to improving CNT dispersing in water solutions. It was shown that the non-polar hydrocarbon radicals of a single surfactant molecule form the highest possible number of contacts with the graphene surface. Upon increase of the SDS in solution these radicals form micelles connected with the surface of the nanotubes. At the sufficiently high SDS concentration the nanotube surface becomes covered with an adsorbed layer of surfactant micelles. Water molecules and sodium cations are concentrated in spaces between micelles. The observed pattern of micellar adsorption is somewhat similar to a loose bilayer of surfactant molecules.     

Dielectrophoresis of surface conductance modulated single-walled carbon nanotubes using catanionic surfactants

Dielectrophoresis has received considerable attention for separating nanotubes according to electronic types. Here we examine the effects of surface conductivity of semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT), induced by ionic surfactants, on the sign of dielectrophoretic force. The crossover frequency of semiconducting SWNT increases rapidly as the conductivity ratio between the particle and medium increases, leading to an incomplete separation of ionic surfactant suspended SWNT at an electric field frequency of 10 MHz. To reduce the conductivity ratio, the surface charge of SWNT is neutralized by an equimolar mixture of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), resulting in negative dielectrophoresis of semiconducting species at 10 MHz. A comparative Raman spectroscopy study shows a nearly complete separation of metallic SWNT.     

Combined Effects of Stretching and Nanofillers on theCrystalline Structure and Mechanical Properties ofPolypropylene and Single-walled Carbon NanotubeComposite Fibers简

The combined effects of stretching and single-walled carbon nanotubes （SWCNTs） on crystalline structure and mechanical properties were systematically investigated in melt-spun polypropylene （PP） fibers prepared at two different draw ratios. The dispersion, alignment of the SWCNT bundles and interfacial crystalline structure in the composite fibers are significantly influenced by the stretching force during the melt spinning. The nanohybrid shish kebab （NHSK） superstructure where extended PP chains and aligned SWCNT bundle as hybrid shish and PP lamellae as kebab has been successfully obtained in the composite fibers prepared at the high draw ratio and the related formation mechanism is discussed based on the results of morphological observations and 2d-SAXS patterns. Large improvement in tensile strength and modulus has been realized at the high draw ratio due to the enhanced orientation and dispersion of SWCNT bundles as well as the formation of NHSK.