Carbon Nanotubes Generated from Polyphenyl Acetylene

Authors

  • 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

Abstract

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.

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2001-03-20

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Rajesh, B., Karthikeyan, S., Bonard, J.-M., Thampi, K. R., & Viswanathan, B. (2001). Carbon Nanotubes Generated from Polyphenyl Acetylene. Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 3(1), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj380

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