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Bulk growth and separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes from rhenium catalyst

Chen Ma1,§, Yumin Liu2,§, Lili Zhang3, Liu Qian4, Yiming Zhao3, Ying Tian5, Qianru Wu1, Dong Li1, Nan Zhao1, Xueting Zhang1, Liantao Xin1, Huaping Liu2( ), Pengxiang Hou3, Chang Liu3, Maoshuai He1( ), Jin Zhang4( )
State Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco-Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
School of Science, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China

§ Chen Ma and Yumin Liu contributed equally to this work.

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A porous magnesia supported rhenium catalyst is developed for chemical vapor deposition synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Owing to the high metal dispersion and high catalyst melting temperature, efficient synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes is achieved at 800 °C. The products are further separated into high-purity semiconducting species with different diameters using a multicolumn gel chromatography method.

Abstract

Bulk synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using solid catalyst has been challenging, despite of recent breakthrough in the chirality-specific growth on the flat substrate surface. In this work, we propose a porous magnesia support rhenium catalyst for bulk synthesis of SWNTs. It is found that the well-dispersed catalyst with a high melting point and the optimal chemical vapor deposition reaction conditions account for the growth of SWNTs. Detailed characterizations reveal the produced SWNTs are dominant in (n, n − 1) and (n, n − 2) species. Furthermore, by using a multicolumn chromatography post-growth separation method, SWNTs with three defined diameter ranges were obtained. This work guides the design of porous oxide supported catalyst for bulk synthesis and diameter-dependent sorting of SWNTs, which will ultimately help harness the extraordinary properties of SWNTs.

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single-walled carbon nanotuberhenium catalystbulk growthgel chromatographydiameter separation

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 7,
July 2022
Pages 5775-5780
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4248-z
Cite this article:
Ma C, Liu Y, Zhang L, et al. Bulk growth and separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes from rhenium catalyst. Nano Research, 2022, 15(7): 5775-5780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4248-z
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Received: 17 December 2021
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