Reduction of single-walled carbon nanotube diameter to sub-nm via feedstock

Author(s)
Theerapol Thurakitseree, Christian Kramberger, Pei Zhao, Shohei Chiashi, Erik Einarsson, Shigeo Maruyama
Abstract

Vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays were synthesized from dip-coated binary Co/Mo catalyst by no-flow chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from either pure ethanol or acetonitrile as carbon feedstock. By changing to acetonitrile the mean diameter was reduced from 2.1?nm to less than 1.0?nm despite using identically prepared catalyst. The demonstrated diameter control on flat substrates is a versatile approach towards the direct synthesis of tailored single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Organisation(s)
Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
University of Tokyo
Journal
Physica Status Solidi. B: Basic Research
Volume
249
Pages
2404-2407
No. of pages
4
ISSN
0370-1972
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201200126
Publication date
2012
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103015 Condensed matter
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/reduction-of-singlewalled-carbon-nanotube-diameter-to-subnm-via-feedstock(f08d2ca1-ff68-4b1e-b4fc-ae64f4d07c8e).html