Preparation of Fullerenes by Arc Discharge Method

Effects of Deposition Temperature

Abstract

We examined effects of deposition temperatures and collector radii on the yields of fullerenes by arc discharge. Yields of fullerenes were 7-10%, 4 -6% and 0.5-1% in the liquid nitrogen-cooling, water-cooling, non-cooling, respectively, and were better with a collector radius of 50 mm than with that of 30 mm. The weight ratios of C₆₀/C₇₀ are about one for all runs of experiments.