Journal
CARBON
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages 495-503Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.032
Keywords
Carbon black; Black pearls 2000; Carbon nanoribbons; Nitrogen doping; Photoluminescence
Funding
- European Union [663830]
- EU's European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government
- Swansea University AIM Facility
- EPSRC [EP/M028267/1]
- European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government [80708]
- Ser Solar project via the Welsh Government
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Nitric acid treatment of Black Pearls 2000 leads to the synthesis of micrometer long multilayer carbon nanoribbons with high oxygen content and nitrogen doping, while treatment of other grades of carbon black yields irregular graphene oxide fragments or carbon quantum dots. Nitric acid treatment of carbon materials is shown to be a powerful tool for synthesizing technology-relevant carbon nanoribbons, unlocking the potential of applying this straightforward oxidation chemistry to inexpensive and commercially available carbon black.
Micrometer long multilayer carbon nanoribbons with high oxygen content and nitrogen doping were obtained from the nitric acid treatment of Black Pearls 2000. The nanoribbons (NRs) exhibited yellow light emission under UV excitation. The oxidation of other grades of carbon black yielded irregular and small graphene oxide fragments or carbon quantum dots instead. Remarkably, the familiar and straightforward treatment of carbon materials with nitric acid reemerges as a powerful tool for the synthesis of technology-relevant carbon nanoribbons, and unlocking the potential of such straighforward oxidation chemistry applied to inexpensive and commercially available carbon black. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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