催化学报 ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 856-863.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60123-6

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Comparing characterization of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes by potentiometric proton titration, NEXAFS, and XPS

Zhiteng Zhang, Lisa Pfefferle, Gary L. Haller   

  1. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8286, USA
  • 收稿日期:2014-04-04 修回日期:2014-04-26 出版日期:2014-05-30 发布日期:2014-06-03
  • 通讯作者: Gary L. Haller

Comparing characterization of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes by potentiometric proton titration, NEXAFS, and XPS

Zhiteng Zhang, Lisa Pfefferle, Gary L. Haller   

  1. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8286, USA
  • Received:2014-04-04 Revised:2014-04-26 Online:2014-05-30 Published:2014-06-03

摘要:

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT), this material has been recognized as an attractive catalyst support. CNT must be functionalized before use as a catalyst support and typically this involves oxidation. However, the functional group distribution on the CNT is very complex mixture of groups and varies with oxidation agent used. Here a simple acid-base titration is introduced to characterize the oxygen functionalized CNT. By comparing characterization with near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for both at the C and O K-edges, it can be demonstrated that potentiometric proton titration can be a fast and quantitative analysis for Brönsted acid functional groups on CNT.

关键词: Carbon nanotubes, Functionalization, Potentiometric titration, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure

Abstract:

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT), this material has been recognized as an attractive catalyst support. CNT must be functionalized before use as a catalyst support and typically this involves oxidation. However, the functional group distribution on the CNT is very complex mixture of groups and varies with oxidation agent used. Here a simple acid-base titration is introduced to characterize the oxygen functionalized CNT. By comparing characterization with near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for both at the C and O K-edges, it can be demonstrated that potentiometric proton titration can be a fast and quantitative analysis for Brönsted acid functional groups on CNT.

Key words: Carbon nanotubes, Functionalization, Potentiometric titration, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure