Spectroscopic studies of dispersion and orientation of carbon nanotubes and graphene in aqueous inks and related nanomaterials

George Bepete (1) , Nicolas Izard (2) , Carlos Drummond (1) , Alain Pénicaud (1) , Eric Anglaret (2)

1 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal
2 L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

We study the intrinsic optical spectroscopy (UV-vis-NIR absorption, Raman and photoluminescence) signatures of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) dispersed in degassed water without additives, so called ‘‘eau de nanotubes” (EdN). They are found to be very close to those of SWNT dispersed in aqueous suspensions stabilized with surfactants. Absorption peaks appear to be even slightly better resolved for EdN, suggesting sharper excitonic resonances, which is also supported by the Raman data. On the other hand, the photoluminescence signal is significantly weaker. These signatures suggest that SWNT are dispersed as individuals in degassed water, in a similar way single layer graphene was recently shown to be readily dispersable in degassed water [1-3]. References [1]G. Bepete et al, Nat. Chem. 2016, DOI 10.1038/NCHEM2669 [2]G. Bepete et al, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (49), 28204–28214. [3]G. Bepte et al, Phys. Stat. Solidi 2016, 10 (12), 895-899.

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

George Bepete, Nicolas Izard, Carlos Drummond, Alain Pénicaud, Eric Anglaret. Spectroscopic studies of dispersion and orientation of carbon nanotubes and graphene in aqueous inks and related nanomaterials. International Nanocomposite Conference, Mar 2018, Bilbao, Spain. ⟨hal-01938592⟩