Issue 47, 2008
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Surface area and thermal stability effect of the MgO supported catalysts for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

Yang Xu,*a   Zhongrui Li,a   Enkeleda Dervishi,a   Viney Saini,a   Jingbiao Cui,b   Alexandru R. Biris,c   Dan Lupuc  and  Alexandru S. Biris*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanotechnology Center and Applied Science Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, USA
E-mail: yxxu@ualr.edu, asbiris@ualr.edu
Tel: (+501) 569-3203

b Physics and Astronomy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR

c National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj Napoca, RO, Romania

Abstract

Surface area (SA) of the oxide support was found to play a major role on the morphology, quality of the single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) growth. Fe–Co bimetal was supported onto MgO powders with different surface areas, and used for the SWNTs synthesis from the pyrolysis of CH4 through radio frequency catalytic chemical vapor deposition (RF-CCVD). The high surface area MgO showed specificity towards the growth of SWNTs even at the very high metal loadings of 17.4%. As the MgO surface areas decreased, the agglomeration of the active metal species on the support, nanotubes with wider diameter distributions and more graphitic walls were obtained. This surface area effect suggested that the high surface area networks were responsible for a more effective confinement of the active metal nanoparticles that impeded their migration during the SWNTs thermal growth process. Therefore, by adjusting the surface area or chemical morphology of the catalyst systems, SWNTs with narrower diameter distribution and specific chiralities can be grown.

Graphical abstract: Surface area and thermal stability effect of the MgO supported catalysts for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B812630E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jul 2008
Accepted
22 Sep 2008
First published
04 Nov 2008

J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 5738-5745

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Surface area and thermal stability effect of the MgO supported catalysts for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

Y. Xu, Z. Li, E. Dervishi, V. Saini, J. Cui, A. R. Biris, D. Lupu and A. S. Biris, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 5738 DOI: 10.1039/B812630E

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