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Production of Fullerenes from Solar Energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. Laplaze ,
P. Bernier ,
L. Barbedette ,
G. Flamant ,
M. Lebrun ,
A. Brunelle  and
S. Della-Negra
D. Laplaze
Affiliation:
Groupe de Dynamique des Phases Condensées, Université de Montpellier II, F34095 Montpellier, France
P. Bernier
Affiliation:
Groupe de Dynamique des Phases Condensées, Université de Montpellier II, F34095 Montpellier, France
L. Barbedette
Affiliation:
Institut des Matériaux de Nantes, Université de Nantes, F44087 Nantes, France
G. Flamant
Affiliation:
Institut de Science et de Génie des Matériaux et Prodcédés, BP5 Odeillo, F66125 Font-Romeu, France
M. Lebrun
Affiliation:
Institut de Science et de Génie des Matériaux et Prodcédés, BP5 Odeillo, F66125 Font-Romeu, France
A. Brunelle
Affiliation:
Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Université de Paris Sud, F91406 Orsay, France
S. Della-Negra
Affiliation:
Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Université de Paris Sud, F91406 Orsay, France
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Abstract

The high intensity of solar radiation, obtained with the Odeillo (France) solar furnace facilities, is used to vaporize graphite in inert gas atmosphere. The soot obtained contains C60, C70 and other heavier fullerenes. We discuss the possibility of increasing the evaporation rate of graphite and the yield of soot with this technique. From our last experiments, we obtain a first estimate of the soluble fullerene yield Y ( greater than 12%) and we have shown that 13C enriched fullerenes can be easily produced by this process.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 359: Symposium G – Science and Technology of Fullerene Materials , 1994 , 11
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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