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Preparation of Carbon Nanosheets at Room Temperature
Published on: March 8, 2016
Electron Density Modification of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) by Liquid-Phase Molecular Adsorption of
Mingxia Lu1, Tomonori Ohba2, Katsumi Kaneko3
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. romeika@pchem2.s.chiba-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Electron density of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) is effectively modified by hexaiodobenzene (HIB) molecules using liquid-phase adsorption. UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectra of the HIB-adsorbed SWCNT, especially in the NIR region, showed a disappearance of S11 transitions between the V1 valance band and the C1 conduction band of van Hove singularities which can be attributed to the effective charge transfer between HIB and the SWCNT. The adsorption of HIB also caused significant peak-shifts (lower frequency shift around 170 cm-1 and higher shift around 186 cm‑1) and an intensity change (around 100-150 cm-1 and 270-290 cm-1) in the radial breathing mode of Raman spectra. The charge transfer from SWCNT to HIB was further confirmed by the change in the C1s peak of X-ray photoelectron spectrum, revealing the oxidation of carbon in SWCNT upon HIB adsorption.
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