Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been grown, simultaneously at different temperatures (600 °C, 700 °C, 725 °C, and 750 °C), by thermal chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of acetylene (C2H 2) gas, in ammonia (NH3) atmosphere. The samples have been characterized morphologically by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a structurally by Raman spectroscopy. These analyses show that, when the temperature of substrate increases, the CNT average diameter and the density distribution decrease, and the CNTs are less defective. However there is a temperature limit (725 °C) for CNT growth. We have grown CNTs onto Si 3N4/Si substrates with Pt electrodes, in order to realize the gas sensing devices. The CNTs grown at 725 °C, exhibit a fast response and a high sensitivity to NO2 gas.

Simultaneous growth of MWCNTs at different temperatures in a variable gradient furnace / V. Grossi, A. Urbani, A. Giugni, C. Cantalini, S. Santucci, M. Passacantando. - In: DIFFUSION AND DEFECT DATA, SOLID STATE DATA. PART B, SOLID STATE PHENOMENA. - ISSN 1012-0394. - 154(2009), pp. 77-82. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Symposium on Smart Materials for Smart Devices and Structures held at the Fall Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society tenutosi a Warsaw nel 2008 [10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.154.77].

Simultaneous growth of MWCNTs at different temperatures in a variable gradient furnace

A. Giugni;
2009

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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been grown, simultaneously at different temperatures (600 °C, 700 °C, 725 °C, and 750 °C), by thermal chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of acetylene (C2H 2) gas, in ammonia (NH3) atmosphere. The samples have been characterized morphologically by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a structurally by Raman spectroscopy. These analyses show that, when the temperature of substrate increases, the CNT average diameter and the density distribution decrease, and the CNTs are less defective. However there is a temperature limit (725 °C) for CNT growth. We have grown CNTs onto Si 3N4/Si substrates with Pt electrodes, in order to realize the gas sensing devices. The CNTs grown at 725 °C, exhibit a fast response and a high sensitivity to NO2 gas.
carbon nanotubes; chemical vapour deposition; scanning electron microscopy; Raman spectroscopy
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
2009
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