Breakdown of diameter selectivity in a reductive hydrogenation reaction of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Németh, Katalin and Jakab, Emma and Borondics, Ferenc and Tóháti, Hajnalka M. and Pekker, Áron and Bokor, Mónika and Verebélyi, Tamás and Tompa, Kálmán and Pekker, Sándor and Kamarás, Katalin (2015) Breakdown of diameter selectivity in a reductive hydrogenation reaction of single-walled carbon nanotubes. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 618. pp. 214-218. ISSN 0009-2614

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Abstract

Reductive hydrogenation was applied to two types of single-walled carbon nanotubes with different diameter range. Alkali metal intercalation, followed by reaction with methanol, led to hydrogenated products. Both yield and selectivity of this reaction showed strong dependence on diameter, contrary to expectation based on simple curvature effects. The observed yield, as detected by thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry and 1H-NMR, is drastically reduced in small-diameter tubes where the alkali dopant does not reach the inside of the bundles. Wide range optical transmission measurements were employed to determine the selectivity and indicate that besides higher yield, lower diameter selectivity occurs above a critical diameter.

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