Abstract
High-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been synthesized over Fe - Mo/MgO catalyst by catalytic decomposition of ethylene at 800°C. The produced carbon material primarily consists of a SWNT bundle with few defects and a very small amount of amorphous carbon coating. The diameter of an individual SWNT is in the range of 0.7-2.8 nm. The as-synthesized SWNTs have a high yield of over 550% relative to the weight of Fe-Mo metal in the Fe - Mo/MgO catalyst. Our results show that ethylene can be a very ideal carbon source for the synthesis of SWNTs. We suggest that catalytic decomposition of ethylene over Fe - Mo/MgO catalyst can promise a large-scale production of high-quality SWNTs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1613-1616 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 5 Feb 2004 |