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High-yield Synthesis of Nanohybrid Shish-kebab Polyethylene-carbon Nanotube Structure

崔超婕, 骞伟中, 赵梦强, 徐光辉, 聂晶琦, 贾希来, 魏飞   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-08-04 修回日期:2011-11-23 出版日期:2013-02-28 发布日期:2013-02-04
  • 通讯作者: QIAN Weizhong
  • 基金资助:

    Supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (2011CB932602) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20736004, 20736007, 2007AA03Z346).

High-yield Synthesis of Nanohybrid Shish-kebab Polyethylene-carbon Nanotube Structure

CUI Chaojie, QIAN Weizhong, ZHAO Mengqiang, XU Guanghui, NIE Jingqi, JIA Xilai, WEI Fei   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2011-08-04 Revised:2011-11-23 Online:2013-02-28 Published:2013-02-04
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (2011CB932602) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20736004, 20736007, 2007AA03Z346).

摘要: We report a novel method to prepare nanohybrid shish-kebab (NHSK) structure of polyethylene (PE) and carbon nanotube (CNT). Pristine CNTs without surface modification with high concentration was effectively dispersed in xylene solution by a simple shearing method, which induces the quick crystallization of PE in xylene to form a novel NHSK structure with more dense and smaller PE kebab on CNT axis. The flocculated NHSK product was transferred quickly from the xylene solution to the ethanol solution, in order to shorten the preparation time. The freeze-drying method was used in vacuum instead of high-temperature drying to avoid the aggregation of NHSK product. These improvements allow the formation of NHSK with an absolute yield of 200 mg·h-1, which is 2000 folds of that reported previously. It is favorable to apply this structured material in high performance nanocomposite, by improving the compatibility of CNTs in polymer and the interfacial force between CNTs and polymer.

关键词: carbon nanotube, nanocomposites, nanohybrid Shish-Kebab structure, surface decoration, crystallization

Abstract: We report a novel method to prepare nanohybrid shish-kebab (NHSK) structure of polyethylene (PE) and carbon nanotube (CNT). Pristine CNTs without surface modification with high concentration was effectively dispersed in xylene solution by a simple shearing method, which induces the quick crystallization of PE in xylene to form a novel NHSK structure with more dense and smaller PE kebab on CNT axis. The flocculated NHSK product was transferred quickly from the xylene solution to the ethanol solution, in order to shorten the preparation time. The freeze-drying method was used in vacuum instead of high-temperature drying to avoid the aggregation of NHSK product. These improvements allow the formation of NHSK with an absolute yield of 200 mg·h-1, which is 2000 folds of that reported previously. It is favorable to apply this structured material in high performance nanocomposite, by improving the compatibility of CNTs in polymer and the interfacial force between CNTs and polymer.

Key words: carbon nanotube, nanocomposites, nanohybrid Shish-Kebab structure, surface decoration, crystallization