Various materials have been found to“catalyze”carbon nanotube growth in chemical vapor deposition(CVD)when they become nano-sized particles.These involve not only metals,such as Pd,Pt,Au,Ag,and Cu,but also semicondu...Various materials have been found to“catalyze”carbon nanotube growth in chemical vapor deposition(CVD)when they become nano-sized particles.These involve not only metals,such as Pd,Pt,Au,Ag,and Cu,but also semiconductors,such as Si,Ge,and SiC.Alumina and diamond nanoparticles also produce carbon nanotubes.These“catalysts”,which are better called“seeds”,can be categorized into two types:one type forms a eutectic liquid or highly-mobile alloy with carbon,and carbon atoms precipitate from the eutectic alloy;the other type remains as a solid phase and form a carbon surface layer during CVD growth.In this paper,we review recent studies of SWCNT growth with these non-iron-group materials and highlight the mechanisms involved.展开更多
基金They acknowledge the support for their research in this eld from CREST,Japan Science and Technology Agency,and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas(No.19054015)from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology(MEXT),Japan.
文摘Various materials have been found to“catalyze”carbon nanotube growth in chemical vapor deposition(CVD)when they become nano-sized particles.These involve not only metals,such as Pd,Pt,Au,Ag,and Cu,but also semiconductors,such as Si,Ge,and SiC.Alumina and diamond nanoparticles also produce carbon nanotubes.These“catalysts”,which are better called“seeds”,can be categorized into two types:one type forms a eutectic liquid or highly-mobile alloy with carbon,and carbon atoms precipitate from the eutectic alloy;the other type remains as a solid phase and form a carbon surface layer during CVD growth.In this paper,we review recent studies of SWCNT growth with these non-iron-group materials and highlight the mechanisms involved.
