Journal
CARBON
Volume 47, Issue 11, Pages 2600-2610Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.05.012
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Funding
- Foundation for the Natural Scientific Foundation of China [20736004, 20736007, 2007AA03Z346]
- China National Program [2006CB0N0702]
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Large amount of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays were grown among the layers of vermiculite in a fluidized bed reactor. The vermiculite, which was 100-300 mu m in diameter and merely 50-100 mu m thick, served as catalyst carrier. The Fe/Mo active phase was randomly distributed among the layers of vermiculite. The catalyst shows good fluidization characteristics, and can easily be fluidized in the reactor within a large range of gas velocities. When ethylene is used as carbon source, CNT arrays with a relatively uniform length and CNT diameter can be synthesized. The CNTs in the arrays are with an inner diameter of 3-6 nm, an outer diameter of 7-12 nm, and a length of up to several tens of micrometers. The as-grown CNTs possess good alignment and exhibit a purity of ca. 84%. Unlike CNT arrays grown on a plane or spherical substrate, the CNT arrays grown in the fluidized bed remain their particle morphologies with a size of 50-300 mu m. and the good fluidization characteristics were preserved accordingly. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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