Metal-Catalyst-Free Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Liu, Bilu and Ren, Wencai and Gao, Libo and Li, Shisheng and Pei, Songfeng and Liu, Chang and Jiang, Chuanbin and Cheng, Hui-Ming. (2009) Metal-Catalyst-Free Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (6). pp. 2082-2083. ISSN 0002-7863

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Abstract

We present a metal-catalyst-free CVD process for the high-efficiency growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on surface. By applying a 30-nm-thick SiO2 sputtering deposited Si or Si/SiO2 wafer as substrate and CH4 as a carbon source, dense and uniform SWNT networks with high quality can be obtained without the presence of any metal species. Moreover, a simple patterned growth approach, using a scratched Si/SiO2 wafer as substrate, is also presented for the growth of SWNTs with good position controllability. Our finding of the growth of SWNTs via a metal-catalyst-free process will provide valuable information for understanding the growth mechanism of SWNTs in-depth, which accordingly will facilitate the controllable synthesis and applications of carbon nanotubes.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Abstract reprinted by permission from American Chemical Society. Copyright 2009.
Uncontrolled Keywords: carbon nanotube growth,
InterNano Taxonomy: Nanomanufacturing Processes > Deposition of Nanostructured Films or Nanostructures > Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
Nanomanufacturing Processes > Deposition of Nanostructured Films or Nanostructures > Sputtering
Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanotubes > Carbon nanotubes
Collections: Nanomanufacturing Research Collection
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Depositing User: Mr. Richard L Rosen
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2010 20:24
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2010 20:24
URI: http://eprints.internano.org/id/eprint/528

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