PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FULLERENES AND METHOD FOR SEPARATION THEREOF

摘要

A process for the production of fullerenes by which a high-purity fullerene can be separated at high productivity from a mixture comprising a fullerene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon component, and a carbonaceous polymeric component and which comprises the step (A) of preparing a mixture comprising a fullerene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon component, and a carbonaceous polymeric component, the step (B) of separating this mixture into a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon component and a mixture of a fullerene and a carbonaceous polymeric component, and the step (C) of separating this mixture into a fullerene and a carbonaceous polymeric component.