Single-walled carbon nanohorns and their applications
- 18 October 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Nanoscale
- Vol. 2 (12), 2538-2549
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c0nr00387e
Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWCNHs) are horn-shaped single-walled tubules with a conical tip. They are generally synthesized by laser ablation of pure graphite without using metal catalyst with high production rate and high yield, and typically form radial aggregates. SWCNHs are essentially metal-free and very pure, which avoids cumbersome purification and makes them user-friendly and environmentally benign. Currently, SWCNHs have been widely studied for various applications, such as gas storage, adsorption, catalyst support, drug delivery system, magnetic resonance analysis, electrochemistry, biosensing application, photovoltaics and photoelectrochemical cells, photodynamic therapy, fuel cells, and so on. This review outlines the research progress on SWCNHs, including their properties, functionalization, applications, and outlook.Keywords
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