Catalytic decomposition of n-heptane for the growth of high quality single wall carbon nanotubes

Autor(en)

Daniel Grimm, Alexander Grüneis, Christian Kramberger, Mark Rümmeli, Thomas Gemming, Bernd Büchner, Amelia Barreiro, Hans Kuzmany, Rudolf Pfeiffer, Thomas Pichler

Abstrakt

High quality single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were grown using n-heptane as the carbon feedstock and Ni/Co acetylacetonate catalyst precursors. They were characterized with regards to morphology, diameter distributions and yield using microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. n-Heptane provides a cheap and effective carbon source for the selective synthesis of clean SWCNTs at 680 °C with improved yield in comparison to other carbon sources. In addition we show the applicability of selective growth of individual SWCNTs rooting from lithographically patterned catalyst islands at this low temperature.

Organisation(en)

Dynamik Kondensierter Systeme

Externe Organisation(en)

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Journal

Chemical Physics Letters

Band

428

Seiten

416-420

Anzahl der Seiten

5

ISSN

0009-2614

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.07.084

Publikationsdatum

2006

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103018 Materialphysik

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/catalytic-decomposition-of-nheptane-for-the-growth-of-high-quality-single-wall-carbon-nanotubes(b3d1de0e-55c8-4720-9cec-e38c58dde9ff).html