Light-Induced Sulfur Transport inside Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Light-Induced Sulfur Transport inside Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Full article

Journal

Nanomaterials
ISSN: 2079-4991

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Year: 2020, Article number : 818, Pages count : 12 DOI: 10.3390/nano10050818

Tags

single-walled carbon nanotubes, sulfur, encapsulation, de-encapsulation, illumination, X-Ray spectroscopy

Authors

Sedelnikova O.V. ¹ , Gurova O.A. ¹ , Makarova A.A. ² , Fedorenko A.D. ¹ , Nikolenko A.D. ³ , Plyusnin P.E. ¹ , Arenal R. ^4,5,6 , Bulusheva L.G. ¹ , Okotrub A.V. ^1,7

Affiliations

1	Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
2	Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, 14195 Berlin
3	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
4	Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas, Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza,Spain; arenal@unizar.es
5	Research&Development Agency of Aragon ARAID Foundation, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
6	Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-U. de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
7	Laboratory of Carbon Nanomaterials, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

Filling of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and extraction of the encapsulated species from their cavities are perspective treatments for tuning the functional properties of SWCNT-based materials. Here, we have investigated sulfur-modified SWCNTs synthesized by the ampoule method. The morphology and chemical states of carbon and sulfur were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy, Raman scattering, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray photoelectron and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopies. Successful encapsulation of sulfur inside SWCNTs cavities was demonstrated. The peculiarities of interactions of SWCNTs with encapsulated and external sulfur species were analyzed in details. In particular, the donor–acceptor interaction between encapsulated sulfur and host SWCNT is experimentally demonstrated. The sulfur-filled SWCNTs were continuously irradiated in situ with polychromatic photon beam of high intensity. Comparison of X-ray spectra of the samples before and after the treatment revealed sulfur transport from the interior to the surface of SWCNTs bundles, in particular extraction of sulfur from the SWCNT cavity. These results show that the moderate heating of filled nanotubes could be used to de-encapsulate the guest species tuning the local composition, and hence, the functional properties of SWCNT-based materials.

Sedelnikova O.V. , Gurova O.A. , Makarova A.A. , Fedorenko A.D. , Nikolenko A.D. , Plyusnin P.E. , Arenal R. , Bulusheva L.G. , Okotrub A.V.
Light-Induced Sulfur Transport inside Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Nanomaterials. 2020. 818 :1-12. DOI: 10.3390/nano10050818 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex

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Apr 25, 2020

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