脉冲电弧放电电离甲醇溶液制备碳膜的研究

利用脉冲电弧放电电离甲醇溶液在常压下研究了含金刚石成分的碳膜的制备。用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、激光Raman光谱和X射线衍射(XRD)研究了在确定的基片温度下甲醇浓度以及放电电压等沉积条件对薄膜的形貌和金刚石的合成的影响。研究结果表明：在放电电压低于2kV时，薄膜主要由无序石墨和无定形碳组成。提高放电电压有助于金刚石的合成，在高的放电电压下，降低甲醇溶液浓度有利于提高碳膜中金刚石成分的含量。     

“自上而下”方法制备少层石墨用作高容量铝离子电池正极

采用"自上而下"方法制备了具有少片层、小尺寸特征且晶型结构完美的石墨材料,通过增加离子嵌入位点的方式,突破传统石墨作为正极材料的固有容量限制,提升铝离子电池的电化学储能性能。扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)等测试结果表明,该方法可以在不破坏石墨材料本身结构的前提下,有效实现对石墨片层的剥离,并且可以通过调节球磨时间的方式实现对石墨片层厚度和尺寸的调控。电化学测试结果表明,在3C的大电流密度下,以剥离的石墨材料为正极的铝离子电池放电容量可以达到93 mAh·g-1,在10C的高倍率下,放电容量仍保持在68 mAh·g-1,并显示出优异的循环性能。另外,该方法制备工艺简单、成本低廉,为促进高容量、长寿命铝离子电池的商业化应用打下了良好的基础。     

P(St-AM)核壳聚合物微球的制备及其光子晶体膜

采用一步乳液聚合法,调节引发剂用量,制备了不同粒径的具有核壳结构的功能性聚(苯乙烯-丙烯酰胺)乳胶微球.用透射电子显微镜表征了乳胶微球的核壳结构和粒径,所制微球的粒径分别为195,217,234和255 nm.用红外光谱对微球的化学成分进行了表征,证实聚丙烯酰胺已包覆在聚苯乙烯外层.通过竖直沉积自组装法制备了聚合物微球的光子晶体薄膜.扫描电子显微镜表征了所制光子晶体膜的表面形貌,反射和透射光谱表征了光子禁带.结果表明,聚合物微球以面心立方紧密堆积,其(111)面与基底平行;微球粒径不同,光子晶体的光子禁带不同.制备了不同光子禁带的光子晶体,禁带分别位于473,515,574和630 nm,相应的薄膜分别呈蓝色、绿色、黄色和红色,对于光子晶体的拓展和应用具有重要的意义.     

核壳结构的5V正极材料微球合成与改善的电化学性能

本文采用多步骤合成路线,分别制备了具有实心、空心和核壳结构的5 V LiNi_(0.5)Mn_(1.5)O_4正极材料微球.同时利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)和红外光谱(FTIR)等分析手段研究了上述材料的结构特征.其中SEM和TEM证实了所制备的镍锰尖晶石微球具有实心、空心和核壳结构.电化学性能测试进一步表明,核壳结构的LiNi_(0.5)Mn_(1.5)O_4正极材料在55℃条件下表现出良好的循环稳定性和优异的倍率性能,在8 C倍率下依然有98 mAhg~(-1)的放电比容量.其改善的电化学性能源于独特的核壳微观结构,不仅可以提高结构的稳定性,而且可以缩短锂离子的扩散路径.     

n型金刚石薄膜催化生长碳纳米管

研究了n型金刚石薄膜作为催化剂生长碳纳米管的方法.首先采用丙酮裂解化学气相沉积(CVD)法制备均匀的n型金刚石薄膜,然后采用乙醇为碳源的CVD法,在850、900和950℃下,分别在n型金刚石薄膜上制备了碳球、竹节状碳管和多壁碳纳米管.所得产物用扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、拉曼光谱和X射线光电子能谱表征.实验结果表明产物的形貌与反应温度有关.我们还提出了与金刚石催化生长碳纳米管结果相符的实验机理.     

苯乙烯/丙烯酸正丁酯/丙烯酸共聚微球的制备及其性能表征

通过乳液聚合法和无皂乳液聚合法制备了苯乙烯/丙烯酸正丁酯/丙烯酸共聚微球.讨论了乳化剂用量、引发剂用量、功能单体、软硬单体用量比等对微球粒径和形态的影响.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、傅立叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)对微球的粒径、形貌和表面基团进行分析.红外光谱表明,实验室所制备的苯乙烯/丙烯酸正丁酯/丙烯酸共聚微球表面存在丰富的羧基.利用竖片生长法得到自组装的多层胶体微球薄膜.通过对薄膜的反射光谱测量,发现随着湿度的增加,峰位会产生3nm左右的红移.     

改性聚苯乙烯微球的制备及其胶体晶体的组装

采用甲基丙烯酸改性的无皂乳液聚合方法制备了尺寸为210 nm、含羧基的聚苯乙烯(PS)微球，用红外光谱、透射电子显微镜和粒度分析仪对其形状和结构进行分析，结果表明，经甲基丙烯酸改性后得到了表面为高密度电荷的单分散性PS微球.用垂直沉积法快速制备出在较大范围(大于1 cm2)呈现很好有序性的密排结构聚苯乙烯胶体晶体薄膜，其在590 nm波长处存在光子带隙.在电子显微镜下，观察到这种胶体晶体是面心立方(fcc)密排结构.     

石油沥青基纳米碳球的制备及其电化学性能研究

以石油沥青为碳源, 在空气中将其加热到450 ℃制备出纳米碳球(CNBs), 经1500 ℃氮气气氛中加热纳米碳球3 h后得到高温处理的纳米碳球(H-CNBs). 采用扫描电镜、透射电镜、X射线衍射、拉曼光谱和红外光谱对所制备的产物进行了结构表征. 结果表明: 制得的CNBs的粒径在50～80 nm之间, 石墨化程度不高, H-CNBs粒径没有改变但石墨化程度有所提高, 推测了CNBs的形成机理. 用恒流充放电测试分别对CNBs和H-CNBs的电化学性能进行了研究, 在电流密度为1 C时, 其首次放电比容量和经过100圈之后的放电比容量分别为1260 mAh/g和500 mAh/g, 413 mAh/g和200 mAh/g之上, 同时这两种纳米碳球的首次充放电的库伦效率较低, 分别经过10圈和30圈后可以稳定在98%左右. CNBs在经历0.1 C, 1 C, 5 C, 10 C循环回到0.1 C时, 容量几乎完全恢复.     

磁控溅射制备的铜钒氧化物薄膜及其电化学性能

采用射频磁控溅射技术在硅基底上分别制备了无掺杂和掺杂Cu的氧化钒薄膜. X射线衍射(XRD)分析和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察表明, 无掺杂的薄膜为多晶V2O5, 掺杂Cu的薄膜为非晶态. X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析结果表明, 掺杂Cu的薄膜为铜钒氧化物膜, 其中Cu离子表现为+2价, V离子为+4与+5价的混合价态. 随着Cu掺杂量的增大, +4价V的含量增加. 电化学测试结果表明, V2O5薄膜在掺杂Cu以后其放电容量有显著的提高, 其中Cu2.1VO4.4薄膜在100次循环后容量还保持为83.4 μA·h·cm-2·μm-1, 表现出较高的放电容量和较好的循环性能.     

水热法制备ZnO二维周期有序孔结构薄膜

在由溶胶-凝胶法制备的纳米ZnO薄膜衬底上,以Zn(NO3)2.6H2O和六亚甲基四胺(HMT)等摩尔浓度配制成前驱体溶液,在单层聚苯乙烯(PS)微球模板辅助下,采用水热法制备了具有规则多孔结构的ZnO薄膜。探讨了PS微球作为模板对ZnO纳米棒生长的限制作用以及柠檬酸钠在水热制备方法中对晶体生长的影响。利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)表征了水热反应后所得二维有序ZnO膜表面形貌和取向性,测量了ZnO薄膜的光致发光(PL)光谱并研究其相应机理。     

Growth Mechanism of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays grown on quartz substrate are obtained by co-pyrolysis of xylene and ferrocene at 850 oC in a tube furnace. Raman spectroscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements show that the single-walled carbon nanotubes are only present on top of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays. It has been revealed that isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes are only present in those floating catalyst generated materials. It thus suggests that the single-walled carbon nanotubes here are also generated by floating catalyst. Vertically alignedcarbon nanotube arrays on the quartz substrate have shown good orientation and good graphitization. Meanwhile, to investigate the growth mechanism, two bi-layers carbon nan-otube films with di erent thickness have been synthesized and analyzed by Raman spectroscopy. The results show that the two-layer vertically aligned carbon nanotube films grow “bottom-up”. There are distinguished Raman scattering signals for the second layer itself, surface of the first layer, interface between the first and second layer, side wall and bottom surface. It indicates that the obtained carbon nanotubes follow the base-growth mechanism, and the single-walled carbon nanotubes grow from their base at the growth beginning when iron catalyst particles have small size. Those carbon nanotubes with few walls (typically <5 walls) have similar properties, which also agree with the base-growth mechanism.     

Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure investigations of order in carbon nanotube-based systems

Probing order in nanotube systems is of fundamental importance in devising applications of these tubes in field emission applications as well as for components of composite materials. We use near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy to qualitatively and quantitatively study the degree of order and alignment in a wide range of carbon nanotube-based systems, including single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) powder, SWNT films, and aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The results are compared to analogous data obtained from a highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) sample.     

Application of highly sulfonated single-walled carbon nanotubes: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes under solvent-free conditions

Highly sulfonated single-walled carbon nanotube-catalyzed synthesis of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes in excellent yields and very short reaction times. Sulfonated single-walled carbon nanotubes are prepared using a chemical and simple process and it characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and acid-base titration. The sulfonated single-walled carbon nanotube was easily separated by simple filtration and was recycled eight consecutive times without any loss in its activity.     

Cellulose Nanocrystal-Assisted Dispersion of Luminescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Layer-by-Layer Assembled Hybrid Thin Films

Highly stable single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) dispersions are obtained after ultrasonication in cellulose nanocrystal (CN) aqueous colloidal suspensions. Mild dispersion conditions were applied to preserve the SWNT length in order to facilitate the identification of hybrid objects. This led to a moderate dispersion of 24% of the SWNTs. Under these conditions, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) experiments succeeded in demonstrating the formation of hybrid particles in which CNs are aligned along the nanotube axis by a self-assembly process. These SWNT/CN dispersions are used to create multilayered thin films with the layer-by-layer method using polyallylamine hydrochloride as a polyelectrolyte. Homogeneous films from one to eight bilayers are obtained with an average bilayer thickness of 17 nm. The presence of SWNTs in each bilayer is attested to by characteristic Raman signals. It should be noted that these films exhibit a near-infrared luminescence signal due to isolated and well-separated nanotubes. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) suggests that the SWNT network is percolating through the film.     

Single-walled carbon nanotubes of controlled diameter and bundle size and their field emission properties

Field emission studies were conducted on as-produced CoMoCAT single-walled carbon nanotube/silica composites with controlled nanotube diameter and bundle size. It has been observed that the as-produced nanotube material does not need to be separated from the high-surface area catalyst to be an effective electron emitter. By adjusting the catalytic synthesis conditions, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) of different diameters and bundle sizes were synthesized. A detailed characterization involving Raman spectroscopy, optical absorption (vis-NIR), SEM, and TEM was conducted to identify the nanotube species present in the different samples. The synthesis reaction temperature was found to affect the nanotube diameter and bundle size in opposite ways; that is, as the synthesis temperature increased the nanotube average diameter became larger, but the bundle size became smaller. A gradual and consistent reduction in the emission onset field was observed as the synthesis temperature increased. It is suggested that the bundle size, more than the nanotube diameter or chirality, determines the field emission characteristics of these composites. This is a clear demonstration that field emission characteristics of SWNT can be controlled by the nanotube synthesis conditions.     

A viable way to tailor carbon nanomaterials by irradiation-induced transformations

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been the most important tool in their investigation. It is possible to use electron irradiation in a TEM to construct a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) from an amorphous carbon film. Here we show that such a synthesis method creates a large number of carbon ad-atoms, which after some critical amount of radiation act to restore the system by reconstructing the carbon film. The behavior of the ad-atoms can be controlled by adjusting the current density in the microscope, suggesting that carbon nanomaterials can be tailored by electron irradiation.     

Carbon nanotubes films: electronic properties and their application as field emitters

Aligned carbon nanotube films have been studied with a wide variety of characterization techniques. Although nanotubes resemble bulk graphite as far as carrier densities, susceptibilities and conductivities are concerned, transport properties and ESR measurments indicate that carrier localization occurs at low temperatures. Nanotube films are good field emitters producing large currents at relatively low electric fields. The performance is superior to the intensely studied CVD diamond films in particular for the threshold field for electron emission. We believe that the observed remarkable electron emission is related to the special electronic structure of the nanotube tips.     

直流电电化学沉积镍制备原位生长碳纳米管化学修饰电极

利用直流电电化学沉积法将生长碳纳米管(CNT)的催化剂镍均匀地附着在石墨电极(GE)表面,再通过化学气相沉积法制备得到原位生长碳纳米管化学修饰电极(GSCNT-CME).电化学沉积的金属镍和所制备的修饰电极分别用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和电子能谱(EDX)进行表征,所得修饰电极的电化学性能用[Fe(CN)6]3-/[Fe(CN)6]4-溶液进行表征.结果表明:经直流电电化学沉积,可以在石墨电极表面沉积一层致密的金属镍,能生长出管径均匀的碳纳米管,所制得的修饰电极具有良好的电化学响应灵敏性和准确性,可在电化学检测领域发挥重要的应用.     

Human fibrinogen adsorption onto single-walled carbon nanotube films

The adsorption behavior of human fibrinogen (Hfg) on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) films was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. It was shown in the SEM images that fibrinogen was adsorbed strongly on the surface of SWNT when the samples were incubated in the Hfg solutions for 10 min. The dependence of adsorption on the concentration of fibrinogen was also investigated and it was found that adsorption increased with increasing concentration. In order to further explore the adsorption of fibrinogen on SWNT surface, NEXAFS spectra were obtained at the N K-edge and the C K-edge. The results confirmed the conclusion regarding the dependence of adsorption on fibrinogen concentration. It is demonstrated that, due to its high sensitivity to the surface elements, NEXAFS spectroscopy is a powerful tool to investigate the adsorption of fibrinogen on SWNT films.     

Low-temperature growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes by water plasma chemical vapor deposition

Preferential growth of pure single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) over multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was demonstrated at low temperature by water plasma chemical vapor deposition. Water plasma lowered the growth temperature down to 450 degrees C, and the grown nanotubes were single-walled without carbonaceous impurities and MWNTs. The preferential growth of pure SWNTs over MWNTs was proven with micro-Raman spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and electrical characterization of the grown nanotube networks.