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• Main Author: TAFWIDLI (NIM : 13707039); Dosen Pembimbing :Dr. Ir. Bambang Sunendar, FAHMI
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/15604
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Carbon materials with nanostructures is being developed in recent years because it has unique properties. Some interesting properties are chemical resistance, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, high surface area, and high mechanical strength. Those properties can increase the ability of the equipment and can developed a variety of new equipment that has not been made before. Making carbon nanostructure in this study using a simple process compared with production of commercial carbon nanostructures. In this research used cellulose from straw pulp as a precursor and FeCl3.6H2O as a catalyst by catalythic grpahitization method to produce carbon nanostructure. The process of chemical treatment and mechanical treatment carried out on the straw to separate the cellulose pulp. The impregnation of catalyst into the cellulose is made by heating a mixture of catalyst and cellulose in the oven up to 48 hours. After that, graphitization process performed at a temperature of 600-8000C in N2 atmosphere for two hours. Based on the result of XRD characterization showed a sharp peak at 2&#920;-260 which is attributed to the (002) reflection of graphitic framework. From FT-IR characterization obtained characteristic for the aromatic group especially in the presence of C = C bond at wave number 1500-1650 cm-1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> which is attributed to the base of the graphitic structure. While the wave number 480-510 cm-1 showed a characteristic for the interaction between the Fe-O. SEM results showed that the carbon nanostructure have a diameters ranging from 30-80nm and length up to 2&#956;m. From the TEM characterization showed that the carbon nanocoil has been made with graphitic structure and the mechanism for catalythic graphitization in this study is the formation of carbide to produce graphite.