Synthesis of Highly Dispersed Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Furnace Oil and Light Diesel Oil by Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition Method

CATEGORY: NANOTECH

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Science 3(2): 15-20(2011)

Synthesis of Highly Dispersed Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Furnace Oil and Light Diesel Oil by Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition Method

Jagdeep Singh*, N.C. Kothiyal* and Deepak Pathania**

*Nanosurface Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Dr. B R Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, (PB) India

**Department of Chemistry, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Salan, (HP) India

ABSTRACT :

Carbon nanotubes have been synthesized from heavy petroleum fractions like furnace Oil (F.O.) and Light diesel Oil (LDO) and characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy. Modified chemical vapour deposition method is one of the cheapest methods for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes. In the present investigation an indigenously designed reactor has been fabricated for the Production and collection of soot from the raw material.

The soot collected is then purified by sohxlet extraction method. The purified CNTs is the then oxidized with dilute nitric acid. The oxidation has been confirmed by -CO stretching frequency at ~1725cm-1 by the FTIR spectroscopy. The above synthesized CNTs have been made dispersed in different solvents. Its dispersed stability has been tested at different temperature and results shows that it is highly disperses in acetone and distilled water as compared to ethanol and methanol and stable even up to 60°C. Result shows SWCNTs having ~70nm in case of F.O and ~ 90nm in case of L.D.O.

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