Large-scale purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes: Process, product, and characterization

A. G. Rinzler; J. Liu; H. Dai; P. Nikolaev; C. B. Huffman; F. J. Rodriguez-Macías; P. J. Boul; A. H. Lu; D. Heymann; D. T. Colbert; R. S. Lee; J. E. Fischer; A. M. Rao; P. C. Eklund; R. E. Smalley

doi:10.1007/s003390050734

Large-scale purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes: Process, product, and characterization

A. G. Rinzler^*
, J. Liu
, H. Dai
, P. Nikolaev
, C. B. Huffman
, F. J. Rodriguez-Macías
, P. J. Boul
, A. H. Lu
, D. Heymann
, D. T. Colbert
, R. S. Lee
, J. E. Fischer
, A. M. Rao
, P. C. Eklund
, R. E. Smalley

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe, in detail, a readily scalable purification process capable of handling single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) material in large batches. Characterization of the resulting material by SEM, TEM, XRD, Raman scattering, and TGA shows it to be highly pure. Resistivity measurements on freestanding mats of the purified tubes are also reported. We also report progress in scaling up SWNT production by the dual pulsed laser vaporization process. These successes enable the production of gram per day quantities of highly pure SWNT, which should greatly facilitate investigation of material properties intrinsic to the nanotubes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-37
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390050734
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Rinzler, A. G., Liu, J., Dai, H., Nikolaev, P., Huffman, C. B., Rodriguez-Macías, F. J., Boul, P. J., Lu, A. H., Heymann, D., Colbert, D. T., Lee, R. S., Fischer, J. E., Rao, A. M., Eklund, P. C., & Smalley, R. E. (1998). Large-scale purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes: Process, product, and characterization. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 67(1), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390050734

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