High-yield growth kinetics and spatial mapping of single-walled carbon nanotube forests at wafer scale

被引:18
作者
Meshot, Eric R. [1 ]
Park, Sei Jin [1 ]
Buchsbaum, Steven F. [1 ]
Jue, Melinda L. [1 ]
Kuykendall, Tevye R. [2 ]
Schaible, Eric [3 ]
Aji, Leonardus Bimo Bayu [1 ]
Kucheyev, Sergei O. [1 ]
Wu, Kuang Jen J. [1 ]
Fornasiero, Francesco [1 ]
机构
[1] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Phys & Life Sci Directorate, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[2] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Mol Foundry, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Adv Light Source, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; FLUIDIZED-BED; CATALYST; DIAMETER; TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; WATER;
D O I
10.1016/j.carbon.2019.12.023
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Emerging commercial applications of vertically aligned, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) "forests" require synthesis that minimizes nanotube diameter while maximizing number density across substrate areas exceeding centimeter scale. To address this need, we synthesized SWCNT forests on full silicon wafers with notable reproducibility and uniformity, and co-optimized growth for small diameters and high densities across large areas to access new territory in this 3D parameter space. We mapped the spatial uniformity of key structural features using Raman microscopy, synchrotron X-ray scattering, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Low C2H2 flux over sub-nm Fe/Mo catalysts produced small-diameter SWCNTs (2.1 nm) at high number densities (2.26 x 10(12) cm(-2)) on wafers up to 6 in. Although removing Mo resulted in larger SWCNT diameters and lower densities (<0.7 x 10(12) cm(-2)), mass conversion rates from C2H2 to SWCNT product were high and remarkably invariant for catalyst compositions and densities (i.e., 47.7% or 1.30 x 10(6) % g-catalyst(-1) on 4-in. wafers). These carbon conversion efficiencies far exceed typical benchtop reactors and are on par with the best reported literature values. Our detailed elucidation of correlations among structural characteristics within this resource-efficient process is expected to guide future scale-up efforts of SWCNT forest growth beyond wafer scale. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:236 / 246
页数:11
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