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Carbon Nanotube Functionalizations

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Hydrophobic CNTs have shown to be aggregated and precipitated in polar solvents. These have made their handling difficult and limited their applications in various fields including water purification technologies, catalysis, polymers, composites, sensors, and optoelectronics. Here, we reported two covalent functionalization schemes for MWCNTs using HNO3/H2O2 mixture and basic KMnO4 solution. HNO3/H2O2 mixture anchored more –C=O and –OH groups on oxidized (O)-MWCNTs which were less soluble in water. In contrast, KMnO4 unzipped the closed-end tips of MWCNT with a higher number of –COOH functionalities. The group (–COOH) was necessary to improve O-MWCNT dispersion and colloidal stability in both water and acetone solvents. We suggested here the –COOH groups were active in neutral (pH 7.1) and more functioning in alkaline aqueous solutions (pH 10.0), but were inactive in acidic media (pH 3.0). Finally, we proposed a mechanism for the solubilization of MWCNTs to interpret the findings. We proved the observations based on XPS, titration, TEM, Raman spectroscopy, TGA and UV/vis spectroscopy.

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Das, R. (2017). Carbon Nanotube Functionalizations. In: Nanohybrid Catalyst based on Carbon Nanotube. Carbon Nanostructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58151-4_4

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