High-aligned carbon nanotube film with netlike bulges |
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Authors: | Peijiang Cao Deliang Zhu Wenjun Liu Xiaocui Ma |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen 518060, PR China |
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Abstract: | High-aligned carbon nanotubes film with netlike bulges made of catalyst particles has been synthesized on a silica wafer by pyrolyzing ferrocene/melamine mixtures. The structure and composition of carbon nanotubes are investigated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). It is found that these nanotubes have uniform outer diameters of about 25 nm and lengths of about 40 μm. High-resolution TEM images show that each carbon nanotube is composed of graphite-like layers arranged in a stacked-cup-like structure. XPS spectrum shows that the crust covering the tops of the aligned carbon nanotube film consists of carbon, iron and ferric oxide. The EELS spectrum shows that these nanotubes are pure-carbon tubes. The formation mechanism of the netlike bulges has been provided. |
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Keywords: | Carbon nanotube Pyrolysis TEM |
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