Carbon Nanotubes Generated from Polyphenyl Acetylene

B. Rajesh; S. Karthikeyan; J-M Bonard; K. Ravindranathan Thampi; B. Viswanathan

doi:10.18321/ectj380

Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal (Mar 2001)

Carbon Nanotubes Generated from Polyphenyl Acetylene

B. Rajesh,
S. Karthikeyan,
J-M Bonard,
K. Ravindranathan Thampi,
B. Viswanathan

Affiliations

B. Rajesh: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai-600 036, India
S. Karthikeyan: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai-600 036, India
J-M Bonard: Institut de Physique et Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
K. Ravindranathan Thampi: Thampi Laboratoire de Photonique et Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
B. Viswanathan: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai-600 036, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj380
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 11 – 16

Abstract

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The carbonization of polyphenyl acetylene in alumina matrix yields uniform, cylindrical, monodisperse carbon nanotubes with outer diameter almost equal to pore diameter of the alumina membrane used. The electrochemical characteristics reveal that the charge transfer at the composite electrode based on carbon nanotube might be higher compared to that of planar graphite, glassy carbon and composite electrode based on commercially available Vulcan XC72R carbon. Pt-Ru nanoparticles are highly dispersed inside the tube with an average particle size of 1.7 nm as revealed by HR-TEM images.

Published in Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal

ISSN: 1562-3920 (Print); 2522-4867 (Online)
Publisher: al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Country of publisher: Kazakhstan
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://ect-journal.kz

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