Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 197-203Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-008-9225-2
Keywords
Carbon nitrogen (C-N) nanotubes; Bamboo-shaped nanotubes; Spray pyrolysis
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- DST (UNANST)
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This investigation deals with the effect of growth temperature on the microstructure, nitrogen content, and crystallinity of C-N nanotubes. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) study reveals that the atomic percentage of nitrogen content in nanotubes decreases with an increase in growth temperature. Transmission electron microscopic investigations indicate that the bamboo compartment distance increases with an increase in growth temperature. The diameter of the nanotubes also increases with increasing growth temperature. Raman modes sharpen while the normalized intensity of the defect mode decreases almost linearly with increasing growth temperature. These changes are attributed to the reduction of defect concentration due to an increase in crystal planar domain sizes in graphite sheets with increasing temperature. Both XPS and Raman spectral observations indicate that the C-N nanotubes grown at lower temperatures possess higher degree of disorder and higher N incorporation.
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