Synthesis of novel carbon nanostructures through the solvothermal route

Novel morphologies of carbon nanotubes obtained through the solvothermal reaction of various chlorinated solvents in the presence of various catalysts are described. The reaction mixture, including C2Cl4 as solvent and ferrocene as catalyst, exhibited most interesting novel arrangements of carbon nanotubes. Therefore, more characterizations, such as Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetry analysis, were performed on the mentioned sample for further investigation into the novel pine-tree-like morphology of carbon nanostructures.