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Chlorinated holey double-walled carbon nanotubes for relative humidity sensor. / Bulusheva, L. G.; Sysoev, V. I.; Lobiak, E. V. et al.
In: Carbon, Vol. 148, 01.07.2019, p. 413-420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Chlorinated holey double-walled carbon nanotubes for relative humidity sensor
AU - Bulusheva, L. G.
AU - Sysoev, V. I.
AU - Lobiak, E. V.
AU - Fedoseeva, Yu V.
AU - Makarova, A. A.
AU - Dubois, M.
AU - Flahaut, E.
AU - Okotrub, A. V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - A chemical procedure for modification of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) to enhance their response to humidity was developed. The DWCNTs walls were etched by hot concentrated sulfuric acid, after what the edge carbon sites were saturated by chlorine via reaction with CCl 4 vapor. This treatment increases the dispersibility of DWCNTs in solvents, removes oxygen groups, and produces chlorine-decorated holes in the outer walls. Networks of chlorinated holey DWCNTs showed a high repeatable response to humid environment and a good reversible behavior after the sensor purging by dry air. The density functional theory calculations predict enhanced polarization of the DWCNTs when they contain chlorine-decorated holes in the outer walls and physisorption of H 2 O molecules near chlorine atoms. These two effects are the cause of an intense low-noise signal to gaseous H 2 O and easy sensor recovery.
AB - A chemical procedure for modification of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) to enhance their response to humidity was developed. The DWCNTs walls were etched by hot concentrated sulfuric acid, after what the edge carbon sites were saturated by chlorine via reaction with CCl 4 vapor. This treatment increases the dispersibility of DWCNTs in solvents, removes oxygen groups, and produces chlorine-decorated holes in the outer walls. Networks of chlorinated holey DWCNTs showed a high repeatable response to humid environment and a good reversible behavior after the sensor purging by dry air. The density functional theory calculations predict enhanced polarization of the DWCNTs when they contain chlorine-decorated holes in the outer walls and physisorption of H 2 O molecules near chlorine atoms. These two effects are the cause of an intense low-noise signal to gaseous H 2 O and easy sensor recovery.
KW - Chlorination
KW - Double-walled carbon nanotubes
KW - Holey nanotubes
KW - Relative humidity sensor
KW - ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - SENSITIVITY
KW - GRAPHITE
KW - BAND
KW - ADSORPTION
KW - WATER-VAPOR
KW - PURIFICATION
KW - ETHANOL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064492429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.04.010
DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.04.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064492429
VL - 148
SP - 413
EP - 420
JO - Carbon
JF - Carbon
SN - 0008-6223
ER -
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