The life and death of carbon nanotubes

被引：19

作者：

Pattinson, Sebastian W. ^{[1
]}

Prehn, Kirsten ^{[2
]}

Kinloch, Ian A. ^{[3
]}

Eder, Dominik ^{[4
]}

Koziol, Krzysztof K. K. ^{[1
]}

Schulte, Karl ^{[2
]}

Windle, Alan H. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Mat Sci & Met, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England

[2] Tech Univ Hamburg, Inst Polymer Composites, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany

[3] Univ Manchester, Sch Mat, Manchester M1 7HS, Lancs, England

[4] Univ Munster, Inst Phys Chem, D-48149 Munster, Germany

来源：

RSC ADVANCES | 2012年 / 2卷 / 07期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; LARGE-SCALE SYNTHESIS; GROWTH-KINETICS; MECHANISM; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1039/c2ra00660j

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

We investigate the growth of aligned arrays of carbon nanotubes by the pyrolysis of ferrocene and toluene. These arrays are typically grown with ferrocene being introduced throughout the reaction. This continuous injection of a catalyst precursor is unusual when compared with other substrate bound carbon nanotube production routes. We have studied the activity and lifetime of the catalyst by switching from the ferrocene-toluene catalyst precursor solution to a pure toluene feedstock during growth which was monitored in situ using a laser micrometre. The catalysts' activity after the cessation of ferrocene injection was found to depend on both the concentration of the ferrocene in the initial feedstock and the time over which it was injected. The mode of growth of the array and the causes of carbon nanotube growth termination are elucidated from the data obtained.

引用

页码：2909 / 2913

页数：5

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