Title :
Factors Affecting the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes
Author :
Choo, Lee Cheng ; Nor, Roslan Md
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
Carbon nanotubes were prepared by using a hot filament chemical vapour deposition (HFCVD) system. Methane diluted in hydrogen was used as the reaction gas and nanosized nickel particles were used as the catalyst. Studies on the effect of catalyst preparation and growth conditions were conducted. The carbon nanotube produced under different conditions were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Keywords :
Raman spectra; X-ray chemical analysis; X-ray diffraction; carbon nanotubes; catalysts; chemical vapour deposition; field emission electron microscopy; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nickel; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; C; EDX; FESEM; HFCVD; Ni; Raman spectroscopy; TEM; X-ray diffraction; XRD; carbon nanotube growth; catalyst; energy dispersive X-ray analysis; field emission scanning electron microscopy; hot filament chemical vapour deposition; nanosized nickel particles; transmission electron microscopy; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Dispersion; Electron emission; Hydrogen; Nickel; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Electronics, 2006. ICSE '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9730-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9731-2
DOI :
10.1109/SMELEC.2006.381037
