SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON NANOPARTICLES USING THERMAL PLASMA

Abstract

Carbon nanomaterials have been extensively studied in recent years due to their superior characteristics, which allow their versatile applications in various industries such as energy, electronics, environment, automotive, aerospace, biomedicine, and optics. The thermal plasma method is a method of synthesizing nanomaterials with many advantages such as high capacity, high efficiency, and limited use of chemicals. In this study, we synthesize carbon nanoparticles using one-dimensional thermal plasma with nitrogen plasma gas. The carbon nanoparticles are then analyzed to determine particle size, surface area, and purity. The results obtained include carbon nanoparticles of uniform size, with a size of about 100 nm, large surface area, more than 100 m²/g, and high purity. With such properties, manufactured carbon nanoparticles can be applied in many fields, especially electronics, environment, and biomedicine.