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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)From preparation to applications
Ali Ahmadpour
Department of Chemical Engineering& Nanotechnology center
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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Contents
•Introduction
•CNT Properties
•Preparation methods
•Applications
•Conclusions
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World of Carbon Materials
Amorphous
Graphite
Diamond
Fullerene
Carbon nanotube
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Fullerenes – 1985
Robert F. Curl Jr.
Richard E. Smalley
Sir Harold W. Kroto
In 1991 during the preparation of Fullerenes by Arc vaporization method, Iijima changed the current from AC to DC and CNTs was found.
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Nanotubes
• Nanotubes are flat sheets of interlinked carbon
atoms which are rolled into cylinders with a few
nanometer diameter.
• Because tubes are hollow, gases can pass through
as well as between them. So a mass of carbon
nanotubes is rather like porous graphite.
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CNT Structures
• Single wall (SWNT)
• Double-wall (DWNT)
• Multi-wall (MWNT)
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Cont.• Carbon nanotubes are considered to be the
building blocks of future nanoscale
electronic and mechanical devices.
• SWNT is seamless, with either open or
capped ends. The diameter of is 0.7-2 nm
(100,000 times thinner than a human hair).
Length ~ microns
Diameter ~ 1- 30 nm
Interlayer distance ~ 0.34nm
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Structures of SWNTs
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Different Indexed CNTs
Ch = na1+ ma2
dt = |Ch| / π
a) Armchair
b) Zigzag
c) Chiral
n: Column
m: Row
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Cont.
• All the parameters governing the structure of a SWNT can be uniquely determined by knowing the n and m values.
• The nanotubes of type (n,n), are commonly called armchair
nanotubes because of the \_/¯\_/ shape, perpendicular to the
tube axis, and have a symmetry along the axis with a short unit
cell (0.25 nm) that can be repeated to make the entire section
of a long nanotube.
• Another type of nanotube (n,0) is known as zigzag nanotube,
because of the \/ \/ shape perpendicular to the axis and as well
as the short unit cell (0.43 nm) along the axis.
• All the remaining nanotubes are known as chiral or helical
nanotubes and have longer unit cell sizes along the tube axis.
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Three distinct types of
nanotube structures
Schematic models for SWNTs with the nanotube axis normal to the
chiral vector which, in turn, is along:
(a) the θ = 30°direction [an “armchair” (n, n) nanotube],
(b) the θ = 0° direction [a “zigzag” (n, 0) nanotube], and
(c) a general θ direction, with 0 < θ < 30° [a “chiral” (n,m) nanotube].
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CNTs
قرار هايي را كه در يك رديفاتم. يك اليه گرافيت را در نظر بگيريد•دهندة مختصات يك نقطه در صفحه ـ كه نشان ( n,m )اند باگرفته
مربوط به ستون nبه طوري كه مختصات. كنيميابي مياست ـ مكان.ها باشدمربوط به رديف اتم mها و مختصاتاتم
. ده باشدك نانولوله مانند صفحة گرافيتي است كه به شكل لوله درآمي•تصل شده بسته به اينكه چگونه دو سر صفحه گرافيتي به يكديگر م
.باشند، انواع مختلفي از نانولوله ها را خواهيم داشت
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Structural parameters for CNTs
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Structure of different types of carbon nanotubes
(a) (2, 2), (b) (10, 10), (c) (5, 0), and (d) (5, 2).
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Chirality
• CNTs could be either semiconducting or metallic
depending on their geometrical characteristics, namely
their diameter and the orientation of their hexagons with
respect to the nanotube axis (chiral angle).
• CNT exhibits extraordinary mechanical properties:
Young’s modulus over 1 Tera Pascal, as stiff as diamond,
and tensile strength ~ 200 GPa.
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Properties
• Electrical Electrical conductivity (metallic)
Semi-conductivity
• Mechanical The strongest and most flexible molecular material
because of C-C covalent bonding and seamless hexagonal
network.
High tensile strength (Young modulus)
Strength to weight ratio 500 times > Al; similar
improvements over steel and titanium; 10 times more
than graphite/ epoxy.
Maximum strain 10- 30% higher than any material.
Low weight
High flexibility
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Cont.
• Thermal
High thermal conductivity ~ 3000 W/m.K in the axial
direction with small values in the radial direction.
• Chemical reactivity
Chemical reactivity of a CNT is comparable with a
graphene sheet, enhanced as a direct result of the
curvature of the CNT surface.
Small nanotube diameter results in increased
reactivity.
• Optical activity
Optical activity of chiral nanotubes disappears if the
nanotubes become larger.
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Cont..
• Storage
Gas storage (hydrogen, methane,…)
Gas separation
Waste water treatment, air pollution control
Energy storage
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Cont...Flexibility
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Preparation Processes
• Electric Arc-Dischargeo High current are passed through 2 opposing graphite electrodes
in an inert atmosphere (He). Carbon atoms evaporate from the anode (3000°C) and grow on the cathode.
o Product: Mainly MWNTs [SWNTs by using electrode impregnated with metals (Co, Ni, Fe,…)]
• Laser Ablation (Vaporization)o An intense laser pulse ablate a carbon target containing
metals. Target is heated in a furnace (1200°C) and inert atmosphere.
o Product: Mainly ropes of SWNTs
• Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)o Thermal decomposition (500-1000°C) of hydrocarbons (CH4) in the
presence of a catalyst containing transition metals (Fe, Mo,…).
o Product: SWNTs and MWNTs
o Large-scale production of nanotubes
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Cont.
• High-pressure CO conversion (HiPCO)
• Plasma CVD
• Microwave CVD
• Electrochemical
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Iijima
(DC
(CNTS(amorphous
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CNT FabricationCarbon Arc or Arc Discharge
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K1473
.
Inert tube Quartz tube Target
Argon flow Laser beam Witness plates
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CNT FabricationLaser Ablation or Pulsed Laser Vaporization (PLV)
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TEMSWNTarc-discharge ( a PLV ( b
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Gas inlet
Quartz tube
Gas
outlet
Quartz
boatOven 720℃
Sample
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CNT FabricationChemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
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CO
•COFe(CO)5
SWNT
1-10200-
800
•Fe(CO)5
Furnace
Cold CO
+ Fe (CO)5
Cooling water
Hot co
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CNT FabricationHigh-pressure CO conversion (HiPCO)
• Method is similar to CVD
• Carbon source is carbon monoxide
• Catalytic particles are generated in-situ
• Thermal decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl in a
reactor heated to 800 - 1200°C
• High pressure to speed up the growth (~10 atm)
• Bulk production of SWNTs
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Growth mechanism
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SWNT bundle
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Cont.
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Applications
• Diodes and transistors for computing
• CNT quantum wire interconnects
• Capacitors
• Data Storage
• Field emitters for instrumentation
• Flat panel displays
• Oscillators
• CNT based microscopy: AFM, STM …
• Nanotube sensors: force, pressure, chemical …
• Biosensors
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• Molecular gears, motors, actuators
• Batteries, Fuel Cells: H2, Li storage
• Nanoscale reactors, ion channels
• Biomedical
• Lab on a chip
• Drug delivery
• DNA sequencing
• Artificial muscles, bone replacement, bionic
eye, ear ...
• coatings for prosthetics and surgical
implants
Cont.
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• Gene therapy
• Nano-pipet
• Nano-capsule
• Nano-tweezer
• Use in composite materials
• Oil absorbent
• Catalyst support
• CNT ceramics
• CNT based plastic packaging
Cont..
CrIr
TaTi
W
Co Fe Ni Fe/Ni Ni/Co
Si wafer
Catalyst Layers
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Light elements
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Nanocomposites
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CNT based Sensor
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Nanotube
Pt contactPt contact
Gas molecules
MWNT based chemical sensor
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Gas Sensors
• Gas detection instruments are increasingly neededfor industrial health and safety, environmentalmonitoring (detection of NO2 and CO) and processcontrol.
• The worldwide revenue of the gas sensors willexceed $2.5B by 2010.
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Biosensors
CNT, though inert, can be functionalized at the tip with a probe molecule to be used as a sensor for food industry, medical and research purposes.
Schematic diagram of the CNT array biosensor
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Hydrogen storage
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Hydrogen storage with electrochemical
charge-discharge cycles
xOH)xHCNT(xeOHCNTeargch2
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Fuel cells
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SWCNTs in H2 fuel cells
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AFM with CNT tip
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CNT Applications
in Food industries
• Functionalized CNT: When CNT is attached by organic
functional groups, it can be dissolved into solution. This
will increase processability of CNT for device fabrication.
• Polymer-CNT Gas Sensor: vapor/gas sensor based on
carbon nanotube and polymer nanocomposites.
• Biosensors: Novel applications which makes possible
the reversibility of some redox-enzymes reactions, which
are irreversible at common electrodes.
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Cont.
• Biological application: For protein crystallization and
bioreactors.
• Membrane synthesis using CNTs: For detection and
separation of enzymes, antibodies, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and DNA.
• Conductive membrane: More separation of aromas and
nutritious from food substances.
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CNTs Find New Applications as Heat
Sensors for Hot Chilli Peppers
• HPLC, which is currently used, requires bulky,
expensive equipment and detailed analysis of the
capsaicinoids.
• In the new method, the capsaicinoids are adsorbed
onto MWCNT electrodes. The current change is measured
as the capsaicinoids are oxidised by an
electrochemical reaction, and this reading can be
translated into Scoville units.
• The technique is called adsorptive stripping
voltammetry (ASV), and is a relatively simple
electrochemical method.
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• CNTs are just the thing for cleaning up poisonous
pollutants. These tiny tubes mop up dioxins, the
hazardous and persistent by-products of a wide
range of industrial processes that contaminate
the air, soil, water and, thence, the food chain.
• CNTs attract much more dioxin than activated
carbon, currently used to clean up incinerator
gases.
Environmental
applications of CNTs
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Purification of air
and water
• Another environmental catalysis includes
photocatalysis for air and water purification
and for heavy metal removal. The Base is CNT
and active material is nanostructured TiO2.
Environmentally toxic materials such as
volatile organic compounds and heavy metal
compounds become harmless by oxidation or
reduction processes.
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Ethanol production
inside CNTs
• CNTs are increasingly
recognized as promising
materials for catalysis,
catalyst additives or
supports. Researchers in
China used CNTs loaded with
rhodium (Rh) nanoparticles
as reactors to convert a
gas mixture of CO and H2into ethanol (nanosized CNT
reaction vessel).
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CNT Market
• Global CNT production capacity is ~ 2.5 tons per day.
• Bayer is planning to produce about 3,000 tons CNTs by
2012.
• The price of MWCNTs has fallen from tens of
thousands of dollars in just few years ago to
hundreds of dollars per kg.
• Recent market analyses forecast sales of all
nanotubes to reach 1-2 billion dollars annually
within the next four to seven years.
• In terms of dollar value, electronics devices will be
the largest end-use category, although composite
materials may account for greater volumes. These
volumes are expected to approach several thousand
metric tons per year.
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Conclusions
CNTs have attracted much attention due to
their remarkable properties.
These materials will have a significant
contribution to the new science fields.
Complete experimental characterization of
CNTs is not an easy task, as there are
several parameters affecting the type and
structure of CNTs.
Theoretical methods of characterization is
necessary to have better control over the
CNT preparation step.
Future advancement of nanotube science and
technology requires much research works.