Effects of catalyst on the super-growth of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Hyeongkeun Kim, Kyoung Yong Chun, Jaeboong Choi, Youngjin Kim, Seunghyun Baik

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Abstract

We investigated the effects of catalyst (Fe)/buffer layer (Al 2O 3) on the vertical growth multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) synthesized by thermal chemical vapor deposition. The Fe was deposited onto Al 2O 3/SiO 2/Si wafer by using e-beam evaporator. Ethylene was used as a feeding gas while argon was used as a carrier gas. Hydrogen was also introduced. The catalyst layers were optimized to control the length, diameter, purity, and alignment of CNTs. For the optimized conditions we produced vertically aligned CNTs of about 1 cm in length during 10 h. The effects of catalysts on nanotube characteristics were systematically analyzed using SEM, TEM, and Raman measurement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3362-3365
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2010

Keywords

  • Multi-Walled carbon nanotubes
  • Sandwich-Like catalyst
  • Thermal chemical vapor deposition
  • Vertically aligned super-growth

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