Carbon Nanotube-Quicklime Nanocomposites Prepared Using a Nickel Catalyst Supported on Calcium Oxide Derived from Carbonate Stones.
Ruzanna IbrahimMohd Zobir HusseinNor Azah YusofFatimah Abu BakarPublished in: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)
Carbon nanotube-quicklime nanocomposites (CQNs) have been synthesized via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of n-hexane using a nickel metal catalyst supported on calcined carbonate stones at temperatures of 600-900 °C. The use of a Ni/CaO(10 wt%) catalyst required temperatures of at least 700 °C to obtain XRD peaks attributable to carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The CQNs prepared using a Ni/CaO catalyst of various Ni contents showed varying diameters and the remaining catalyst metal particles could still be observed in the samples. Thermogravimetric analysis of the CQNs showed that there were two major weight losses due to the amorphous carbon decomposition (300-400 °C) and oxidation of CNTs (400-600 °C). Raman spectroscopy results showed that the CQNs with the highest graphitization were synthesized using Ni/CaO (10 wt%) at 800 °C with an IG/ID ratio of 1.30. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) of screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) modified with the CQNs showed that the performance of nanocomposite-modified SPCEs were better than bare SPCEs. When compared to carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes or MWNT-COOH-modified SPCEs, the CQNs synthesized using Ni/CaO (10 wt%) at 800 °C gave higher CV peak currents and comparable electron transfer, making it a good alternative for screen-printed electrode modification.
Keyphrases
- carbon nanotubes
- metal organic framework
- room temperature
- reduced graphene oxide
- ionic liquid
- visible light
- highly efficient
- walled carbon nanotubes
- raman spectroscopy
- electron transfer
- carbon dioxide
- high throughput
- gold nanoparticles
- transition metal
- oxide nanoparticles
- weight loss
- high resolution
- hydrogen peroxide
- liquid chromatography