Article Title
Minimizing purification-induced defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes gives films with improved conductivity
Authors
Yu Wang, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Liping Huang, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Yunqi Liu, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Dacheng Wei, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Hongliang Zhang, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Hisashi Kajiura, Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Okata, Atsugi City, Kanagawa 243-0021, Japan
Yongming Li, Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Okata, Atsugi City, Kanagawa 243-0021, Japan
Keywords
Carbon nanotube fi lm, conductivity, transparency, coordination chemistry
Abstract
A method for the non-destructive purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using classical coordination chemistry to remove the metal catalyst has been developed. In preliminary tests, the conductivity of fi lms based on the resulting SWNTs was markedly better than that of fi lms prepared from SWNTs purifi ed by treatment with oxidizing acid solutions. The transparent and conducting SWNT fi lms have potential applications in optoelectronic devices.
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Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Yu Wang,Liping Huang,Yunqi Liu,Dacheng Wei,Hongliang Zhang,Hisashi Kajiura,Yongming Li, Minimizing purification-induced defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes gives films with improved conductivity. NanoRes.2009, 2: 865-871
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