Carbon nanotube synthesis via ceramic catalysts
- Author(s)
- Alicja Bachmatiuk, M. Bystrzejewski, Franziska Schäffel, Paola Ayala, Ulrike Wolff, Christine Mickel, Thomas Gemming, Thomas Pichler, Ewa Borowiak-Palen, Rüdiger Klingeler, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Marek Ulbrich, Martin Knupfer, Danny Haberer, Bernd Büchner, Mark Rümmeli
- Abstract
The potential for ceramics as catalysts for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) formation exceeds that of metal catalysts in that ceramics can serve not only as a catalyst particle for CNT nucleation/growth as found with metal catalysts, but they can also serve as a template for the synthesis of carbon nanostructures. They can also be purified more readily. Here we present studies on the growth of CNTs from ceramics in laser pyrolysis and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) routes. We show CNT growth from both nanowires and ceramic particles. In addition, doping of the CNTs can also be achieved through the use of ceramic catalysts. Since ceramic materials are easily removed from the as-produced samples as compared to metal catalysts, they are attractive for further application, e.g., in carbon-based electronics.
- Organisation(s)
- Electronic Properties of Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, University of Warsaw, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Pages
- 2486-2489
- No. of pages
- 4
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.200982308
- Publication date
- 2009
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103015 Condensed matter
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/carbon-nanotube-synthesis-via-ceramic-catalysts(92aed21e-9ff3-4e22-9100-26d6ab19427d).html