Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-11-01
PNAS v102, 16141-16145 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
14 pages of text and 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1073/pnas.0507064102
An oxygen assisted hydrocarbon chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method is developed to afford large-scale highly reproducible ultra high-yield growth of vertical single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT). It is revealed that reactive hydrogen (H)-species, inevitable in hydrocarbon-based growth, are damaging to the formation of sp2-like SWNTs. The addition of oxygen scavenges H-species and provides a powerful control over the C/H ratio to favor SWNT growth. The revelation of the roles played by hydrogen and oxygen leads to a unified and universal optimum growth condition for SWNTs. Further, a versatile method is developed to form vertical SWNT films on any substrate, lifting a major substrate-type limitation for aligned SWNTs.
Dai* Hongjie
Gibbons Jeremy
Javey Ali
Li Yiming
Mann David
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