Abstract
Short aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were intercalated grown among vermiculite layers from ethylene using a simple fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The length of CNTs ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 μm after a synthesizing duration of 1-5 min at 650 °C. The as-grown CNTs vertically aligned to the vermiculite layers were with the mean outer and inner diameter of 6.7 and 3.7 nm, respectively. A CNT yield of 0.22 g/gcat was obtained for a 5-min growth. Those indicated that the fluidized bed CVD was an effective way for mass production of short CNTs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 624-626 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- A. Carbon nanotube
- B. Intercalation
- C. Chemical synthesis