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Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven

Advances in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as a result of the properties and potential application of carbon nanotubes. We demonstrated a simple approach of using domestic microwave oven with 600W at 2.45 GHz which was modified to produce CNTs from a carbon source on coated si...

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Main Authors: Nicodemus, Kure, Hamidon, Mohd Nizar, Azhari, Saman, Usman, Kamilu Iman, Hasan, Intan Helina, Ismail, Ismayadi
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2015
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spelling my.upm.eprints.563562017-07-31T09:09:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56356/ Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven Nicodemus, Kure Hamidon, Mohd Nizar Azhari, Saman Usman, Kamilu Iman Hasan, Intan Helina Ismail, Ismayadi Advances in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as a result of the properties and potential application of carbon nanotubes. We demonstrated a simple approach of using domestic microwave oven with 600W at 2.45 GHz which was modified to produce CNTs from a carbon source on coated silicon oxide substrate. The Raman spectroscopy showed the graphitic nature of the obtained CNTs, with intensity ratio ID/IG calculated to be 0.92. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) reveals CNTs are produced on the substrate surface with outer diameter range of 11-44 nm and length of about 0.25 μm. HRTEM further confirmed the graphitic nature of the CNTs obtained. The purity of the nanotubes was analyzed with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) which showed atomic weight of 98% carbon purity. This paper shows that domestic microwave oven can be used to synthesize CNTs with polymer as the carbon source via plasma catalytic decomposition which was found to be fast, economical and clean technique. IEEE 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56356/1/Synthesis%20of%20carbon%20nanotubes%20using%20microwave%20oven.pdf Nicodemus, Kure and Hamidon, Mohd Nizar and Azhari, Saman and Usman, Kamilu Iman and Hasan, Intan Helina and Ismail, Ismayadi (2015) Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven. In: 2015 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nano Electronics (RSM 2015), 19-21 Aug. 2015, Primula Beach Hotel, Kuala Terengganu. . 10.1109/RSM.2015.7355039
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description Advances in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as a result of the properties and potential application of carbon nanotubes. We demonstrated a simple approach of using domestic microwave oven with 600W at 2.45 GHz which was modified to produce CNTs from a carbon source on coated silicon oxide substrate. The Raman spectroscopy showed the graphitic nature of the obtained CNTs, with intensity ratio ID/IG calculated to be 0.92. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) reveals CNTs are produced on the substrate surface with outer diameter range of 11-44 nm and length of about 0.25 μm. HRTEM further confirmed the graphitic nature of the CNTs obtained. The purity of the nanotubes was analyzed with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) which showed atomic weight of 98% carbon purity. This paper shows that domestic microwave oven can be used to synthesize CNTs with polymer as the carbon source via plasma catalytic decomposition which was found to be fast, economical and clean technique.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nicodemus, Kure
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Azhari, Saman
Usman, Kamilu Iman
Hasan, Intan Helina
Ismail, Ismayadi
spellingShingle Nicodemus, Kure
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Azhari, Saman
Usman, Kamilu Iman
Hasan, Intan Helina
Ismail, Ismayadi
Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
author_facet Nicodemus, Kure
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Azhari, Saman
Usman, Kamilu Iman
Hasan, Intan Helina
Ismail, Ismayadi
author_sort Nicodemus, Kure
title Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
title_short Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
title_full Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
title_fullStr Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
title_sort synthesis of carbon nanotubes using microwave oven
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56356/1/Synthesis%20of%20carbon%20nanotubes%20using%20microwave%20oven.pdf
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