Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) buckypaper (BP) was exposed to high temperatures with electrical current-driven thermal heating either in the air or a vacuum. High electrical currents generate Joule heating and then cause breakdown of the BP in the air at over 400 °C due to rapid oxidation. In the vacuum, electrical resistive heating can generate temperatures of more than 2000 °C for the samples. Structural changes of SWCNTs after electrical current heating were observed using electron microscopy and Raman spectra. After breakdown of BP, the disorder-induced D-band increased and a smaller diameter related radial-breathing mode was reduced in the high temperature region. Structural transformations of SWCNT to other carbon nanostructures were observed after current-driven high-temperature treatment in the vacuum. In addition, surface-enhanced Raman scattering with intensity enhancement more than ten times was observed in the BP with agglomerated Fe or Ti particles.
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