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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Shukrullah, S. | Mohamed, N.M. | Shaharun, M.S. | Naz, M.Y.
Affiliations: Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia
Note: [] Corresponding author: S. Shukrullah, Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Controllable synthesis of quality carbon nanotubes is a precondition for their broad applications. The objective of the work was to study the effect of catalyst concentration on the quality, diameter, length, alignment and crystallinity of the grown multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). To meet the stated objective, MWCNTs were successfully synthesized by using floating catalytic chemical vapor deposition technique. The ferrocene concentration was varied from 0.1 to 0.2 g and MWCNTs were synthesized with ethylene as a carbon precursor at reaction temperature of 850°C. The grown MWCNTs were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. The obtained data revealed that an increase in concentration of the ferrocene significantly affects the diameter, crystallinity and growth of nanotubes, however, negligible effect on the CNTs forest length was noticed. The dense, uniform and meadow like patterns of grown CNTs were observed for 0.15 g ferrocene. The average diameter of the grown CNTs was ranged from 32–75 nm. Above 0.15 g ferrocene, some of the grown CNTs were found defective and few black spots were also appeared in TEM images.
Keywords: MWCNTs, ethylene precursor, chemical vapor deposition, floating catalyst
DOI: 10.3233/MGC-140138
Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 251-259, 2014
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