Selective matching of catalyst element and carbon source in single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis on silicon substrates

Kohei Mizuno; Kenji Hata; Takeshi Saito; Satoshi Ohshima; Motoo Yumura; Sumio Iijima

doi:10.1021/jp0454117

Selective matching of catalyst element and carbon source in single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis on silicon substrates

J Phys Chem B. 2005 Feb 24;109(7):2632-7. doi: 10.1021/jp0454117.

Authors

Kohei Mizuno¹, Kenji Hata, Takeshi Saito, Satoshi Ohshima, Motoo Yumura, Sumio Iijima

Affiliation

¹ Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan.

PMID: 16851268
DOI: 10.1021/jp0454117

Abstract

We have studied the compatibility of various catalysts for ethylene and ethanol chemical vapor deposition (CVD) syntheses of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on Si substrates. A strong selectivity between the catalyst elemental species and carbon source was found; SWNT yield for Fe (Co) catalysts was much higher for ethylene (ethanol) CVD than for ethanol (ethylene) CVD. This strong and completely opposite selectivity implies significantly different SWNT growth mechanisms for ethanol and ethylene CVD on Si substrates.