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Yongping Liao¹, Hua Jiang¹, Nan Wei¹

¹Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|July 28, 2018

Resumen

Los investigadores sintetizaron nanotubos de carbono de pared única (SWCNT) con colores ajustables y quiralidad mediante la adición de CO2 durante la deposición de vapor químico de catalizador flotante (FC-CVD). Este método ofrece una nueva vía para producir SWCNT para aplicaciones electrónicas.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ciencias de los materiales
Nanotecnología
Ingeniería Química

Sus antecedentes:

El logro de una distribución controlada de la quiralidad en nanotubos de carbono de pared única (SWCNT) a través de la deposición de vapor químico de catalizador flotante (FC-CVD) sigue siendo un desafío significativo.
El ajuste de las propiedades de SWCNT es crucial para su aplicación en electrónica avanzada.

Objetivo del estudio:

Desarrollar un método para sintetizar películas SWCNT con distribución de quiralidad y color ajustables.
Investigar el efecto de la adición de CO2 en la síntesis de SWCNT en FC-CVD.

Principales métodos:

Utilizando el depósito de vapor químico de catalizador flotante (FC-CVD) con monóxido de carbono (CO) como fuente de carbono.
Introducción de cantidades variables de dióxido de carbono (CO2) en el reactor FC-CVD.
Optimización de la temperatura del reactor para controlar el diámetro y la quiralidad del SWCNT.

Principales resultados:

Síntesis directa de películas SWCNT con distribución de quiralidad ajustable y colores distintos (verde y marrón observados).
Se logró una distribución de quiralidad estrecha agrupada alrededor de (11,9) con un diámetro de SWCNT de 1,2 a 1,5 nm (> 98%).
Se propuso que el CO2 influye en la desproporción de CO y la nucleación de SWCNT, afectando el diámetro.

Conclusiones:

La adición de CO2 proporciona una nueva vía para sintetizar directamente SWCNT con quiralidad y diámetro controlados.
Este método facilita la producción de SWCNT con propiedades específicas para aplicaciones potenciales en electrónica como sensores táctiles y transistores.

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