Effects of synthesis conditions on the growth of MWCNTs using an ultra sonic evaporator with pyrolysis of hydrocarbon (IEEE-NANO paper #6_1)

Author

Jeong, N.J. ; Song, K.S. ; Lee, S.J. ; Ryu, I.S. ; Yu, S.P. ; Seo, Y.S.

Author_Institution

Korea Inst. of Energy Res., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2004

fDate

16-19 Aug. 2004

Firstpage

521

Lastpage

523

Abstract

The solutions containing Co/Mo, Fe, Pt and ferrocene were utilized for the growth of carbon nanotubes using pyrolysis of hydrocarbon. The metal solutions evaporated by an ultra sonic evaporator were fed into the furnace at high temperatures. In the case of solutions containing Co/Mo, Fe and Pt, the gas-phase catalytic reaction of solution produced multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon nano onions (CNO). The outer diameter of most products was in the range from 10 to 30 nm. The XRD pattern of MWCNTs displayed a well graphitized structure. The Raman spectra confirmed that the products in this study were present to be MWCNTs. However, the catalytic pyrolysis of solution containing ferrocene produced aligned MWCNTs. The outer diameter of products was in the range from 50 to 100 nm.

Keywords

Raman spectra; X-ray diffraction; carbon nanotubes; catalysis; crystal growth from solution; nanotechnology; pyrolysis; 10 to 30 nm; 50 to 100 nm; C; Co/Mo solution; Fe solution; Pt solution; Raman spectra; XRD; carbon nano onions; catalytic pyrolysis; ferrocene; gas-phase catalytic reaction; graphitized structure; hydrocarbon; metal solutions; multiwall carbon nanotubes; ultrasonic evaporator method; Carbon nanotubes; Furnaces; Hydrocarbons; Iron; Nanoparticles; Physics; Shape control; Solvents; Temperature; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8536-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2004.1392406

Filename

1392406