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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 257, Issue 17, Pages 7704-7708Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.04.013
Keywords
Fast growth; Millimeter-long; Heat treatment; Carbon nanotubes
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- Singapore DSTA/DIRP [POD0814218]
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An optimized strategy was developed for fast growth of millimeter-long CNT arrays using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Growth temperature of 800 degrees C was firstly determined, and catalyst heat treatment conditions were then optimized to probe the full potential of growth rate. 1.5 mm long CNT arrays were obtained in 10 min under optimized growth and catalyst heat treatment conditions. The growth rate of CNT arrays strongly depends on the growth temperature and catalyst heat treatment. Insufficient reduction could not reduce iron oxide into metallic state or/and crack down catalyst film into particles, but excessive treatment may result in large particles due to Ostwald ripening process. This method would offer more freedoms in designing the fast growth of high-purity, long CNT arrays. (C) 2011 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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