Carbon Nanotubes for Energy

目前，碳纳米管（CNT）用于能源应用受到几个因素的限制。这些挑战包括开发新的方法来制备和富集大量和高纯度的CNT，开发将碳纳米管操纵成2D和3D结构及其与适当的受体/供体材料的界面的方法。该项目旨在通过3个工作包解决这些挑战。该项目将开发一种新的基于有机相交换的分离工艺，将开发用于本体异质结太阳能电池的手性纯CNT气凝胶，并将使用大直径碳纳米管的内腔进行染料功能化。

Currently the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for energy applications is limited by several factors. These challenges include the development of new methods to prepare and enrich CNTs in large quantities and with high purity, the development of methodologies to manipulate carbon nanotubes into 2D and 3D structures and their interface with appropriate acceptor/donor materials. This project aims to solve these challenges with 3 work packages. The project will develop a new organic phase exchange based separation process, will develop chirality pure CNT-aerogels for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells, and will use the internal cavity of large diameter carbon nanotubes for dye functionalization.