The effect of temperature on the growth of carbon nanotubes on copper foil using a nickel thin film as catalyst

被引：36

作者：

Atthipalli, G. ^{[1
]}

Epur, R. ^{[1
]}

Kumta, P. N. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Allen, B. L. ^{[4
]}

Tang, Y. ^{[4
]}

Star, A. ^{[4
]}

Gray, J. L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Mech Engn & Mat Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA

[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Chem & Petr Engn, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA

[3] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Bioengn, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA

[4] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Chem, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA

来源：

THIN SOLID FILMS | 2011年 / 519卷 / 16期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Thin films; Sputtering; Carbon nanotubes; Thermal chemical vapor deposition; X-ray diffraction; Scanning electron microscopy; CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; LARGE-SCALE SYNTHESIS; FILAMENTOUS CARBON; METAL PARTICLES; DECOMPOSITION; SPECTROSCOPY; CARBIDE; OXIDE; IRON;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tsf.2011.02.046

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on bulk copper foil substrates has been achieved by sputtering a nickel thin film on Cu substrates followed by thermal chemical vapor deposition. The characteristics of the nanotubes are strongly dependent on the Ni film thickness and reaction temperature. Specifically, a correlation between the thin film nickel catalyst thickness and the CNT diameter was found. Two hydrocarbon sources investigated were methane and acetylene to determine the best conditions for growth of CNTs on copper. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of this simple method of directly integrating CNTs with highly conductive substrates for use in applications where a conductive CNT network is desirable. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：5371 / 5375

页数：5

共 24 条

[1] CATALYTIC GROWTH OF CARBON FILAMENTS [J].

BAKER, RTK .

CARBON, 1989, 27 (03) :315-323

[2] Filamentous carbon formation caused by catalytic metal particles from iron oxide [J].

Bonnet, F ;

Ropital, F ;

Berthier, Y ;

Marcus, P .

MATERIALS AND CORROSION-WERKSTOFFE UND KORROSION, 2003, 54 (11) :870-880

[3] THE FORMATION OF FILAMENTOUS CARBON ON IRON AND NICKEL-CATALYSTS .1. THERMODYNAMICS [J].

DEBOKX, PK ;

KOCK, AJHM ;

BOELLAARD, E ;

KLOP, W ;

GEUS, JW .

JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 1985, 96 (02) :454-467

[4] LARGE-SCALE SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES [J].

EBBESEN, TW ;

AJAYAN, PM .

NATURE, 1992, 358 (6383) :220-222

[5]

Eklund P.C., 1996, Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes

[6] VIBRATIONAL-MODES OF CARBON NANOTUBES - SPECTROSCOPY AND THEORY [J].

EKLUND, PC ;

HOLDEN, JM ;

JISHI, RA .

CARBON, 1995, 33 (07) :959-972

[7] The reasons why metals catalyze the nucleation and growth of carbon nanotubes and other carbon nanomorphologies [J].

Esconjauregui, Santiago ;

Whelan, Caroline M. ;

Maex, Karen .

CARBON, 2009, 47 (03) :659-669

[8] Growth of aligned carbon nanotube arrays on metallic substrate and its application to supercapacitors [J].

Gao, Lijun ;

Peng, Aiping ;

Wang, Zhi Yong ;

Zhang, Hao ;

Shi, Zujin ;

Gu, Zhennan ;

Cao, Gaoping ;

Ding, Bangzhu .

SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 2008, 146 (9-10) :380-383

[9]

Harris PJF., 1999, Carbon nanotubes and related structures: new materials for the twenty-first century, DOI DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511605819

[10] HELICAL MICROTUBULES OF GRAPHITIC CARBON [J].

IIJIMA, S .

NATURE, 1991, 354 (6348) :56-58

← 1 2 3 →