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Synchrotron-Based Temperature-Dependent Terahertz and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Aerographite and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Aerogel

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Synchrotron-based terahertz and far-infrared spectra of aerographite and single-walled carbon nanotube aerogel were acquired using the terahertz/far-infrared beamline at the Australian Synchrotron in the frequency range of 7–1000 cm−1 and temperature range of 6–300 K. We observe infrared absorption features at ~ 35, ~ 79, and ~ 889 cm−1 for aerographite and ~ 35, ~ 79, ~ 685, ~ 923, and ~ 950 cm−1 for single-walled carbon nanotube aerogel. Temperature dependences of the terahertz and far-infrared spectra reveal frequency shifts of the infrared absorption peaks with temperature. The “red-shift” behavior of peak positions (~ 35 and ~ 79 cm−1) can be attributed to the anharmonicity of vibrational potentials. The ~ 35 cm−1 mode is expected to be only Raman active. Its appearance in our infrared spectra suggests that structural disorder in our samples relaxed this selection rule.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) for financial support via the Australian Synchrotron Research Program (No. AS181/THz/Far/IR/13120). We are grateful to Associate Professor Joseph Horvat (University of Wollongong) and Professor Roger Lewis (University of Wollongong) for kind discussion. We thank Professor Yogendra Mishra (University of Southern Denmark and Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel) for providing the samples of aerographite and Professor Arjun Yodh (University of Pennsylvania) and Professor Mohammad Islam (Carnegie Mellon University) for the guidance in the SWCNT aerogel preparation. We also thank Dr. Dominique Appadoo (Australian Synchrotron) for the synchrotron THz and far-IR spectra assistance and Mr. Tony Romeo (UOW Electron Microscopy Centre) for the FE-SEM assistance.

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Zhang, H., Yan, Q. Synchrotron-Based Temperature-Dependent Terahertz and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Aerographite and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Aerogel. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 43, 195–212 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-022-00841-x

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