Continuous method and apparatus of functionalizing carbon nanotubes

摘要

The present invention relates to a continuous method and apparatus for functionalizing a carbon nanotube, and more specifically, to a continuous method and apparatus for functionalizing a carbon nanotube including preparing a functionalized product by functionalizing a carbon nanotube solution including nitro compound according to the following Chemical Formula 1 and carbon nanotube mixture including an oxidizer for forming nitric acid under subcritical water or supercritical water condition of 50 to 400 atm and a continuous method and apparatus for functionalizing a carbon nanotube under subcritical water or supercritical water condition using nitro compound without using strong acids or strong bases.
€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ[Chemical Formula 1]€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒR-(NO x ) y
wherein Chemical Formula 1, R is alkyl group of C1 to C7 or aryl group of C6 to C20 and x and y are integers_of 1 to 3 independently.