CN101863463A - Method for preparing water dispersible carbon nano tube - Google Patents

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CN101863463A
CN101863463A CN 201010174962 CN201010174962A CN101863463A CN 101863463 A CN101863463 A CN 101863463A CN 201010174962 CN201010174962 CN 201010174962 CN 201010174962 A CN201010174962 A CN 201010174962A CN 101863463 A CN101863463 A CN 101863463A
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The invention discloses a method for preparing a water dispersible carbon nano tube, which belongs to the technical field of carbon nano tube material preparation. A single-wall or multi-wall carbon nano tube is placed in aqueous solution of mixed acid of sulfuric acid and nitric acid to perform hydrothermal reaction, and carboxyl can be generated on the surface of the carbon nano tube so that the carbon nano tube has good water dispersibility. The method has the advantages of simple process and easily controlled process parameters, and the prepared water dispersible carbon nano tube has higher length-diameter ratio and high dispersion concentration in water.

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A kind of preparation method of water decentralized carbon nano-tube
Technical field
The invention belongs to the carbon nano-tube material preparing technical field, particularly relate to a kind of preparation method of water decentralized carbon nano-tube, adopt the nitration mixture hydro-thermal reaction to prepare water decentralized carbon nano-tube.Place the nitration mixture aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid to carry out hydro-thermal reaction single wall or multi-walled carbon nano-tubes, can generate carboxyl in carbon nano tube surface, thereby make carbon nanotube have superior water dispersibility.
Background technology
Since Japanese scientist professor Iijima in 1991 found carbon nanotube, carbon nanotube was just with its particular structure and good optics, electricity and mechanical characteristic and be subjected to numerous investigators' favor in the field of nanometer technology application prospects.Yet, owing to there is the heavy molecular weight that Van der Waals force and carbon nanotube itself are had between extremely strong pipe between the carbon nanotube, the many pencil forms that form side by side with a large amount of single-root carbon nano-tubes of carbon nanotube exist, make carbon nanotube almost can not be scattered in all solvents, this has greatly limited the practical application of carbon nanotube.Therefore, the carbon nanotube Study on dispersity is the important content in the carbon nano-tube material applied research.
At document (1) Science, 1998,280 (22): among the 1253-1255, people such as Jie Liu carry out shearing treatment with Single Walled Carbon Nanotube in the mixed acid solution of the vitriol oil and concentrated nitric acid, the length of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube can shorten greatly, and forms carboxyl at the end of carbon nanotube; But the Single Walled Carbon Nanotube after should handling needs down auxiliary at tensio-active agent sodium laurylsulfonate or Triton X-100, could form the colloidal solution of stable existence in water.
At document (2) J Am Chem Soc, 2006,128 (32): among the 10568-10571, people such as Zheyi Chen soaked Single Walled Carbon Nanotube 12 hours in oleum, add 65 ℃ of concentrated nitric acids again and stirred 2 hours, after filtration, washing, vacuum-drying, obtain the Single Walled Carbon Nanotube of carboxyl-functional, Single Walled Carbon Nanotube after the processing does not need the auxiliary of tensio-active agent, just can be dispersed in well in polar organic solvent, acid solution and the water.But the mode that should handle carbon nanotube is too fierce, Single Walled Carbon Nanotube be cut into extremely short carbon nanotube (<60nm).
Summary of the invention
The preparation method who the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of water decentralized carbon nano-tube adopts the nitration mixture hydro-thermal reaction to prepare water decentralized carbon nano-tube.This preparation method's characteristics are to place the nitration mixture aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid to carry out hydro-thermal reaction single wall or multi-walled carbon nano-tubes, can generate carboxyl in carbon nano tube surface, thereby make carbon nanotube have superior water dispersibility.Concrete processing step is as follows:
Get the nitration mixture aqueous solution of a certain amount of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, and wherein sulfuric acid concentration is 6~13molL -1, concentration of nitric acid is 2~6molL -1According to carbon nanotube quality/nitration mixture aqueous solution volume is the ratio of 1g/1L, and single wall or multi-walled carbon nano-tubes are joined in the nitration mixture aqueous solution; The above-mentioned nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube after 3~12 hours, is naturally cooled to room temperature 100~140 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists; The nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of hydrothermal treatment consists is joined 8~10 times in the deionized water of mixed acid solution volume with the speed of 0.5~1mL/s, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.4~0.8 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 6~7, obtains carbon nanotube black filter cake; Filter cake 40~70 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 4~12 hours, is obtained water decentralized carbon nano-tube.
Carbon nanotube of the present invention is a kind of in Single Walled Carbon Nanotube or the multi-walled carbon nano-tubes.
Adopt German Cai Si Supra 55 field emission scanning electron microscopes to observe the surface topography of water dispersible single wall and multi-walled carbon nano-tubes, result such as Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 5, the carbon nanotube after the processing still keeps tubular structure, and has high length-to-diameter ratio.Adopt Britain Reinshaw RM 2000 type micro confocal Raman spectrometers that be untreated Single Walled Carbon Nanotube and water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube are characterized, test result as shown in Figures 2 and 3, as can be seen from the figure, the be untreated D/G value of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube of the D/G value of water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube obviously increases, the surface imperfection that the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is described increases, but the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube still remains with 207cm -1The characteristic peak of place's Single Walled Carbon Nanotube, this shows that the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube structure that adopts the inventive method to prepare is not destroyed.Adopt the U.S.'s thermoelectric Nicolet8700 type Fourier transform infrared spectrometer that water decentralized carbon nano-tube is characterized, test result as shown in Figure 4, at 1709cm -1The two key stretching vibration peaks of carboxyl C=O appear in the place, show and adopt the inventive method to make carbon nano tube surface carboxylated, and this helps improving the dispersiveness of carbon nanotube in water.The water decentralized carbon nano-tube of the inventive method preparation is carried out the dispersiveness test, and carbon nanotube dispersive concentration in water reaches 10gL -1More than.
Effect of the present invention and advantage are: adopt the water decentralized carbon nano-tube of the inventive method preparation to have high length-to-diameter ratio and dispersive concentration height in water.In addition, the inventive method technology is simple, processing parameter is more easy to control.
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Fig. 1. the stereoscan photograph of embodiment 1 water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.
Fig. 2. the Raman spectrogram of unprocessed Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.X-coordinate is Raman shift, and unit is: centimetre -1(cm -1), ordinate zou is a scattering strength, unit is: absolute units (a.u.).
Fig. 3. the Raman spectrogram of embodiment 1 water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.X-coordinate is Raman shift, and unit is: centimetre -1(cm -1), ordinate zou is a scattering strength, unit is: absolute units (a.u.).
Fig. 4. the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy figure of embodiment 1 water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.X-coordinate is a wave number, and unit is: centimetre -1(cm -1), ordinate zou is a transmitance, unit is: percentage ratio (%).
Fig. 5. the stereoscan photograph of embodiment 3 water-dispersion multi-wall nano-carbon tubes.
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Embodiment 1:
Getting the 30mL sulfuric acid concentration is 10.3molL -1Concentration of nitric acid is 4.6molL -1The nitration mixture aqueous solution, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the 100mL hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, the 30mg Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is added in this mixed acid solution, 120 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists 3 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, the nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of the hydrothermal treatment consists speed with 0.5mL/s is joined in the 300mL deionized water, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.45 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 7, obtains Single Walled Carbon Nanotube black filter cake; Filter cake 50 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 12 hours, is obtained the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.
The field emission scanning electron microscope photo of water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube as shown in Figure 1, the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube still keeps tubular structure, and has high length-to-diameter ratio.The Raman spectrum of the Single Walled Carbon Nanotube that is untreated and water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube respectively as shown in Figures 2 and 3, as can be seen from the figure, the be untreated D/G value of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube of the D/G value of water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube obviously increases, the surface imperfection that the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is described increases, but the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube still remains with 207cm -1The characteristic peak of place's Single Walled Carbon Nanotube, this shows that the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube structure that adopts the inventive method to prepare is not destroyed.The infrared spectra of water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube as shown in Figure 4, at 1709cm -1The two key stretching vibration peaks of carboxyl C=O appear in the place, show and adopt the inventive method to make carbon nano tube surface carboxylated, and this helps improving the dispersiveness of carbon nanotube in water.
Water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube dispersive concentration in water adopts following method test: 19.90mg water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is joined in the 1mL deionized water ultra-sonic dispersion 1 hour.After dispersion liquid left standstill 3 days, carefully take out supernatant liquid 100 μ L on the slide glass of in advance accurate weighing quality with liquid-transfering gun, there is the dispersion liquid of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube to place 50 ℃ of baking ovens to remove moisture with dripping, quality to twice weighing slide glass does not change, the quality of deduction slide glass promptly obtains the amount that 100 μ L deionized waters disperse Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.Calculating water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube dispersive concentration in water is 12.6gL -1
Embodiment 2:
Getting the 30mL sulfuric acid concentration is 6.2molL -1Concentration of nitric acid is 2.8molL -1The nitration mixture aqueous solution, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the 100mL hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, the 30mg Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is added in this mixed acid solution, 140 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists 3 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, the nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of the hydrothermal treatment consists speed with 0.7mL/s is joined in the 240mL deionized water, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.8 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 6, obtains Single Walled Carbon Nanotube black filter cake; Filter cake 60 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 4 hours, is obtained the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.Infrared spectrum characterization has the existence of carboxyl.
Embodiment 3:
Getting the 30mL sulfuric acid concentration is 10.3molL -1Concentration of nitric acid is 4.6molL -1The nitration mixture aqueous solution, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the 100mL hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, the 30mg multi-walled carbon nano-tubes is added in this mixed acid solution, 120 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists 8 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, the nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of the hydrothermal treatment consists speed with 1mL/s is joined in the 300mL deionized water, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.45 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 7, obtains multi-walled carbon nano-tubes black filter cake; Filter cake 70 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 6 hours, is obtained water-dispersion multi-wall nano-carbon tube.Infrared spectrum characterization has the existence of carboxyl.The field emission scanning electron microscope photo of water-dispersion multi-wall nano-carbon tube as shown in Figure 5, water-dispersion multi-wall nano-carbon tube still keeps tubular structure, and has high length-to-diameter ratio.
Embodiment 4:
Getting the 30mL sulfuric acid concentration is 12.6molL -1Concentration of nitric acid is 5.6molL -1The nitration mixture aqueous solution, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the 100mL hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, the 30mg Single Walled Carbon Nanotube is added in this mixed acid solution, 100 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists 6 hours, naturally cool to room temperature, the nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of the hydrothermal treatment consists speed with 0.8mL/s is joined in the 300mL deionized water, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.45 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 7, obtains Single Walled Carbon Nanotube black filter cake; Filter cake 40 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 8 hours, is obtained the water dispersible Single Walled Carbon Nanotube.Infrared spectrum characterization has the existence of carboxyl.

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1. the preparation method of a water decentralized carbon nano-tube is characterized in that, processing step is as follows:
Get the nitration mixture aqueous solution of a certain amount of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, placing with the tetrafluoroethylene is the hydrothermal reaction kettle of liner, and wherein, sulfuric acid concentration is 6~13molL -1, concentration of nitric acid is 2~6molL -1According to carbon nanotube quality/nitration mixture aqueous solution volume is the ratio of 1g/1L, and carbon nanotube is joined in the nitration mixture aqueous solution; The above-mentioned nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube after 3~12 hours, is naturally cooled to room temperature 100~140 ℃ of hydrothermal treatment consists; The nitration mixture aqueous solution that contains carbon nanotube of hydrothermal treatment consists is joined 8~10 times in the deionized water of mixed acid solution volume with the speed of 0.5~1mL/s, leave standstill fully up to the carbon nanotube precipitation, remove supernatant liquid, lower sediment is the cellulose acetate membrane filtration of 0.4~0.8 μ m with the aperture, being precipitated to filtrate pH value with washing with alcohol is 6~7, obtains carbon nanotube black filter cake; Filter cake 40~70 ℃ of vacuum-dryings 4~12 hours, is obtained water decentralized carbon nano-tube.
2. preparation method as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described carbon nanotube is a kind of in Single Walled Carbon Nanotube or the multi-walled carbon nano-tubes.
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