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Comparative study of the extraction selectivity of PFO-BPy and PCz for small to large diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes

Show Author's Information Fang Liu1,2,  Xingxing Chen1,2,  Meiqi Xi1,2,  Nan Wei1,2,  Lan Bai1,2,3,4,  Lianmao Peng1,2,3,4,  Yu Cao1,2,3,4( ),  Xuelei Liang1,2,3,4( )
Center for Carbon-Based Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Shanxi Institute for Carbon-Based Thin Film Electronics, Peking University (SICTFE-PKU), Taiyuan 030012, China
Taiyuan Laboratory for Carbon-Based Thin Film Electronics, Taiyuan 030012, China
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carbon nanotube, polymer wrapping, poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-co-(6,6′-{2,2′-bipyridine})] (PFO-BPy), poly[9-(1-octylonoyl)-9H-carbazole-2,7-diyl] (PCz), chiral selectivity
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Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN)
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Liu F, Chen X, Xi M, et al. Comparative study of the extraction selectivity of PFO-BPy and PCz for small to large diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nano Research, 2022, 15(9): 8479-8485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4425-0
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Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) are fascinating materials for future electronic and optical applications. Conjugated polymer wrapping is one of the most promising methods for mass production of high purity s-SWCNTs. However, its chiral selectivity is relatively inferior to other s-SWCNT production methods. In this paper, the chiral selectivity of two polymers, poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-co-(6,6′-{2,2′-bipyridine})] (PFO-BPy) and poly[9-(1-octylonoyl)-9H-carbazole-2,7-diyl] (PCz), which are representatives of widely used polyfluorene and polycarbazole families, respectively, were comparatively studied. Both polymers exhibited high selectivity for a subset of existing chiral species in each of the commercially available raw SWCNT materials (CoMoCAT, HiPco, and arc-discharge) which cover a diameter range of 0.6–1.8 nm. Less chiral species were selected by PFO-BPy from small diameter (< 1 nm) raw SWCNT materials, while more from large diameter (> 1.2 nm) raw materials. High chiral purity (6, 5) (> 99%) and (7, 5) (> 75%) solutions were extracted by PFO-BPy and PCz from CoMoCAT materials, respectively. The different chiral angle and diameter selections for different raw materials by both polymers were ascribed to their different geometrical structures and related polymer-tube interactions. Our work provides indispensable information for better understanding the mechanism of polymer wrapping method and improving extraction of single chirality s-SWCNTs.


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Comparative study of the extraction selectivity of PFO-BPy and PCz for small to large diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes

Show Author's information Fang Liu1,2, Xingxing Chen1,2, Meiqi Xi1,2, Nan Wei1,2, Lan Bai1,2,3,4, Lianmao Peng1,2,3,4, Yu Cao1,2,3,4( ), Xuelei Liang1,2,3,4( )
Center for Carbon-Based Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Shanxi Institute for Carbon-Based Thin Film Electronics, Peking University (SICTFE-PKU), Taiyuan 030012, China
Taiyuan Laboratory for Carbon-Based Thin Film Electronics, Taiyuan 030012, China

Abstract

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) are fascinating materials for future electronic and optical applications. Conjugated polymer wrapping is one of the most promising methods for mass production of high purity s-SWCNTs. However, its chiral selectivity is relatively inferior to other s-SWCNT production methods. In this paper, the chiral selectivity of two polymers, poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-co-(6,6′-{2,2′-bipyridine})] (PFO-BPy) and poly[9-(1-octylonoyl)-9H-carbazole-2,7-diyl] (PCz), which are representatives of widely used polyfluorene and polycarbazole families, respectively, were comparatively studied. Both polymers exhibited high selectivity for a subset of existing chiral species in each of the commercially available raw SWCNT materials (CoMoCAT, HiPco, and arc-discharge) which cover a diameter range of 0.6–1.8 nm. Less chiral species were selected by PFO-BPy from small diameter (< 1 nm) raw SWCNT materials, while more from large diameter (> 1.2 nm) raw materials. High chiral purity (6, 5) (> 99%) and (7, 5) (> 75%) solutions were extracted by PFO-BPy and PCz from CoMoCAT materials, respectively. The different chiral angle and diameter selections for different raw materials by both polymers were ascribed to their different geometrical structures and related polymer-tube interactions. Our work provides indispensable information for better understanding the mechanism of polymer wrapping method and improving extraction of single chirality s-SWCNTs.

Keywords: carbon nanotube, polymer wrapping, poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-alt-co-(6,6′-{2,2′-bipyridine})] (PFO-BPy), poly[9-(1-octylonoyl)-9H-carbazole-2,7-diyl] (PCz), chiral selectivity

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Received: 26 February 2022
Revised: 06 April 2022
Accepted: 12 April 2022
Published: 08 June 2022
Issue date: September 2022

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U21A6004 and 51991341), Science and Technology Major Project of Shanxi (No. 202101030201022), and Young Talents Program of Beijing (No. 2018000020028G349). We thank Prof. X. J. Wei for helpful discussion.

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