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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
Large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes by an ethanol thermal reduction process
Jianwei Liu1, Mingwang Shao, Xiangying Chen
1The Structure Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China. ljw@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Abstract:
The bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes were synthesized on a large scale through an ethanol thermal reduction process, in which ethanol was used as the carbon source and magnesium was used as the reductant. The toxic or corrosive reagents have been completely avoided. Furthermore, Y-junction carbon nanotubes obtained from our experiment can be used as the building blocks of nanoelectronics. Because of the simplicity and high yield of this route, it may potentially be applied on the scale of industrial production.
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