Effect of mechanochemical treatment of supported catalysts on the CVD growth of carbon nanomaterials

Author

Ryu, Hojin ; Yu, Hyung Kyun ; Saito, Fumio

Author_Institution

Adv. Mater. Div., Korea Res. Inst. of Chem. Technol., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2002

fDate

10-12 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

78

Abstract

Various morphologies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on the Fe(NO₃)₃-Al(OH)₃ mixtures have been observed. Fe(NO₃)₃-Al(OH)₃ mixtures prepared by impregnation method have been mechanochemically treated by the high energy grinding process using a mixer mill. Long grinding duration of Fe-Al(OH)₃ induced Al(OH)₃ to amorphous form and promoted both Fe(NO₃)₃ and Al(OH)₃ to agglomerate into spheres. With as-prepared unground and ground mixtures, CNTs were grown by thermal CVD under C₂H₂ and H₂ gases at 700□. As a result, CNTs grown on ground mixtures have a more uniform diameter than those of unground mixture. In addition to this, morphological changes of CNTs grown on unground and ground mixtures show that mechanochemical treatment for supported catalyst can act as the factor of growth control.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; catalysts; chemical vapour deposition; grinding; mixtures; 700 degC; C; Fe(NO₃)₃-Al(OH)₃; Fe(NO₃)₃-Al(OH)₃ mixture; carbon nanotube; grinding process; high energy mixer mill; impregnation method; mechanochemical treatment; supported catalyst; thermal CVD growth; Arc discharges; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical industry; Chemical lasers; Chemical vapor deposition; Hydrogen; Milling machines; Morphology; Nanomaterials; Organic materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, 2002. 4th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7435-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPTC.2002.1185601

Filename

1185601