PROGRESS IN PREPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL CATALYSIS OF WASTE PLASTICS

FENG Shi-yu; LI Yang; LI Kai; HU Bin; LIU Ji; LU Qiang

doi:10.13205/j.hjgc.202104017

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FENG Shi-yu, LI Yang, LI Kai, HU Bin, LIU Ji, LU Qiang. PROGRESS IN PREPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL CATALYSIS OF WASTE PLASTICS[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2021, 39(4): 107-114. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202104017

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FENG Shi-yu, LI Yang, LI Kai, HU Bin, LIU Ji, LU Qiang. PROGRESS IN PREPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL CATALYSIS OF WASTE PLASTICS[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2021, 39(4): 107-114. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202104017

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PROGRESS IN PREPARATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES BY THERMAL CATALYSIS OF WASTE PLASTICS

doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202104017

National Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Power Generation Equipment, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

Received Date: 2020-07-06
Available Online: 2021-07-21

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have excellent physical and chemical properties, and wide application prospects in many fields. However, the high cost of raw materials limits its large-scale production and application. Waste plastics has huge annual yield, rich in carbon and hydrogen. They can produce a large number of gaseous carbon sources for the growth of CNTs during catalytic pyrolysis, so waste plastics has a great potential in the preparation of CNTs. Using waste plastics as raw material to synthesize CNTs can not only reduce the production cost of CNTs, but also realize the efficient disposal and high value utilization of waste plastics. Based on the relevant literatures in the field of synthesis of CNTs from waste plastics in recent years, the review introduced the growth mechanism of CNTs, and summarized the effects of plastic-type, catalyst and reaction conditions on the yield and quality of CNTs. Finally, the prospect of preparation of CNTs from waste plastics by thermal catalysis was indicated, which provided a theoretical basis for resource utilization of waste plastics.
- waste plastics,
- carbon nanotubes,
- pyrolysis,
- catalyst,
- formation mechanism

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