Aysun ÖZKAN, Ece YAPICI, Zerrin GÜNKAYA, Müfide BANAR

PLASTİK ATIKLARDAN KARBON NANOTÜP (CNT) ÜRETİMİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Plastikler günlük yaşantıda ve endüstriyel üretimde her alanda yoğun bir şekilde kullanılmaktadır. İhtiyaçları karşılamak için kullanılan plastiklerin çoğu kısa sürede atığa dönüştüğü için plastik atık miktarı da oldukça fazla olmaktadır. Mevcut durumda bir kısmı geri dönüştürülen, yakılan ya da depolanan plastiklerin hem çevresel hem de sağlık açısından yarattığı olumsuzlukları azaltmak adına bu atıkları ürüne dönüştürebilecek alternatif yöntemler araştırılmalı ve uygulanmalıdır. Bu noktadan hareketle, bu çalışmada plastik atıkların değerli bir malzeme olan karbon nanotüp (CNT) üretiminde kullanımı ele alınmıştır. Plastik atıklarla ilgili mevcut veriler, uygulama alanları değerlendirilmiş, CNT üretimi ile ilgili kısa bir bilgi verilmiş ve bu proseste karbon kaynağı olarak plastik türlerinin kullanımı irdelenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Karbon nanotüp, plastik atık, polietilen

AN EVALUATION OF CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT) PRODUCTION FROM PLASTIC WASTES

Plastics are heavily used in every field of daily life and industrial production. Most of the plastics used to meet the requirements are converted to waste in a short time, so the amount of plastic waste is considerably high. Alternative methods of converting these waste into product should be investigated and applied in order to reduce the environmental and health hazards of some recycled, burned or stored plastics in the current situation. From this point of view, this study deals with the use of plastic waste in the production of carbon nanotube (CNT), a valuable material. Present data and application areas related to plastic wastes were evaluated, brief information about CNT production was given and the use of plastic types as carbon source in this process was examined.

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube, plastic waste, polyethylene,

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