Liquid-Phase Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Alcohols

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown on a stainless steel substrate (SUS304) by resistance-heating method in alcohols containing homogeneously dissolved cobaltocene Co(C5H5)2 as a catalyst source. Straight-chain primary alcohols, 1,2-ethanediol and cyclohexanol were used as carbon s...

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Published in:Key engineering materials 2007-10, Vol.350, p.19-22
Main Authors: Mikami, Masafumi, Saito, Morihiro, Iwao, Yuriko, Takeuchi, Tsuneharu, Kuwano, Jun, Yamagiwa, Kiyofumi
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Language:English
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Summary:Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown on a stainless steel substrate (SUS304) by resistance-heating method in alcohols containing homogeneously dissolved cobaltocene Co(C5H5)2 as a catalyst source. Straight-chain primary alcohols, 1,2-ethanediol and cyclohexanol were used as carbon sources to examine the effects of the molecular structures on the morphology of the aligned CNTs. Methanol brought the best purity and alignment of CNTs of all the alcohols. The CNTs from 1,2-ethanediol was worse in the purity than those from ethanol with the same number of carbon atoms. The CNTs from cyclohexanol had a better purity than those from 1-hexanol. Distinctive features of this method are simple, low cost and a one-step process involving none of vacuum processes and catalyst preparation processes.
ISSN:1013-9826
1662-9795
1662-9795
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.350.19