Multiwall carbon nanotubes grown by thermocatalytic carbonization of polyacrylonitrile

    Authors

    B. Duong; P. Gangopadhyay; S. Seraphin;J. Thomas

    Comments

    Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Carbon

    Keywords

    POLYMER; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    A method is reported for the growth of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using polyacrylonitrile as a solid carbon source and nanosized SiO2 particles as catalyst. The nanotubes were grown either on a Si substrate or as a freestanding film at temperatures as low as 800 degrees C. The smallest measured inner diameter of the resultant MWCNTs is about 0.6 nm and therefore this method provides a new direction to prepare MWCNTs with very small inner diameter from solid carbon source. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Carbon

    Volume

    50

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4754

    Last Page

    4757

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000307206600054

    ISSN

    0008-6223

    Share

    COinS