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Effects of Precursors and Plasma Parameters on Fullerene Synthesis in RF Thermal Plasma Reactor

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Synthesis of fullerenes from graphite powders of different grade was studied in a radiofrequency (RF) plasma reactor. Dependence of fullerene yield on the properties and feed rate of precursors and on the helium content of plasma gas was studied in details. The fullerene yield was influenced by the mean size and the thermal conductivity of graphite particles on the one hand, and the helium content of the gas phase on the other. Soot containing fullerene mixture of 5.9% was produced in best conditions found in this work. The main component of the fullerene mixture was C60. In addition, it contained about 30% of C70 (corresponding to a C60/C70 mass ratio of 2.64). Higher fullerenes such as C84 were also detected by mass spectroscopy (MS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Project No. T047360 and T046700) and the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia (Project No. 141014B). Thanks are due to Asbury Mills and Timcal Co. for providing graphite powders.

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  1. Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525, Budapest, POB 17, Hungary

    János Szépvölgyi & Ilona Mohai

  2. “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, 11001, Belgrade, POB 522, Republic of Serbia

    Zoran Marković & Biljana Todorović-Marković

  3. The Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, 11001, Belgrade, POB 316, Republic of Serbia

    Zoran Nikolić

  4. Department of Silicate Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Pannon University, H-8201, Veszprém, POB 158, Hungary

    Zsuzsanna Farkas

  5. Institute for Geochemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1112, Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary

    Mária Tóth

  6. Research Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525, Budapest, POB 49, Hungary

    Éva Kováts

  7. Institute for Ionphysics, Leopold Franzens University, Techniker Str. 25, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Paul Scheier & Stefan Feil

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Szépvölgyi, J., Marković, Z., Todorović-Marković, B. et al. Effects of Precursors and Plasma Parameters on Fullerene Synthesis in RF Thermal Plasma Reactor. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 26, 597–608 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-006-9036-0

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