Waste NR latex based-precursors as carbon source for CNTs eco-fabrications
- Hazan, Mohd Adib
- Chan, Kar Fei
- Jofri, Khairun Afiqa
- Mamat, Md Shuhazlly
- Endot, Nor Azam
- Shahira Liza
- Ismail, Ismayadi
- Hussein, Mohd Zobir
- Tanemura, Masaki
- Yaakob, Yazid
DOIAbstract
In this work, the potential of utilizing a waste latex-based precursor (i.e., natural rubber glove (NRG)) as a carbon source for carbon nanotube (CNT) fabrication via chemical vapor deposition has been demonstrated. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis reveals that the separation of the lightweight hydrocarbon chain from the heavier long chain differs in hydrocarbon contents in the NRG fraction (NRG-L). Both solid NRG (NRG-S) and NRG-L samples contain >63% carbon, <0.6% sulfur and <0.08% nitrogen content, respectively, as per carbon-nitrogen-sulfur (CNS) analysis. Growth of CNTs on the samples was confirmed by Raman spectra, SEM and TEM images, whereby it was shown that NRG-S is better than NRG-L in terms of synthesized CNT...
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