Continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes: A step closer to commercial realization

R. Andrews; D. Jacques; A. M. Rao; F. Derbyshire; D. Qian; X. Fan; E. C. Dickey; J. Chen

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00282-1

Continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes: A step closer to commercial realization

R. Andrews, D. Jacques, A. M. Rao, F. Derbyshire, D. Qian, X. Fan, E. C. Dickey, J. Chen

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High-purity aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were synthesized through the catalytic decomposition of a ferrocene-xylene mixture at ~675°C in a quartz tube reactor and over quartz substrates, with a conversion of ~25% of the total hydrocarbon feedstock. Under the experimental conditions used, scanning electron microscope images reveal that the MWNT array grows perpendicular to the quartz substrates at an average growth rate of ~25 μm/h. A process of this nature which does not require preformed substrates, and which operates at atmospheric pressure and moderate temperatures, could be scaled up for continuous or semi-continuous production of MWNTs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-474
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	303
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00282-1
State	Published - Apr 16 1999

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The authors wish to acknowledge financial support from the NSF MRSEC Grant DMR-9809686; and valuable discussions with Prof. R.C. Haddon (Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky), Prof. S. Sinnott (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky) and Dr. S. Bandow (Meijo University, Japan).

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