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Catalytic Effects on Thermal Oxidation of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Alkali Metal Chlorides
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Yuki,
Sano Masahito
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.200900307
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , alkali metal , catalysis , combustion , soot , materials science , metal , carbon fibers , inorganic chemistry , selective chemistry of single walled nanotubes , tube (container) , thermal , chemical engineering , thermal oxidation , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , nanotube , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , composite material , metallurgy , thermodynamics , physics , layer (electronics) , composite number , engineering
The walled is not enough: Alkali metal chlorides lower the combustion temperature of single‐walled carbon nanotubes by more than 100 K. Unlike ordinary reactions of nanotubes, the oxidation reaction in the presence of these salts is independent of the tube diameter, defects, and the degree of bundling. Furthermore, they produce no additional soot upon combustion.