Evaluation of the Effect of Ni-Co NPs for the Effective Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by TCVD System

Journal of Applied Chemical Research

مقاله 10، دوره 9، special issue، دی 2015، صفحه 107-118   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Sepideh Sadat Madani؛ Karim Zare^* ؛ Mahmood Ghoranneviss

چکیده

A systematic study was conducted to understand the influences of catalyst combination as
Ni-Co NPs on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition (TCVD). The
DC-sputtering system was used to prepare Co and Ni-Co thin films on silicon substrate. Ni-
Co nanoparticles were used as metal catalyst for growing carbon nanotubes from acetylene
(C2H2) gas in 850 ̊ C during 15 min. Carbon nanotubes grown on Co and Ni-Co deposited on Si
substrates was characterized by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and
Raman spectroscopy. Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) measurements were used to investigate
the elemental composition of the nickel and cobalt nanocatalysts deposited on Si substrates.
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) was used to characterize the surface morphology of the
nanocatalysts. It was found that by the addition of Ni NPs thin layer on Si substrate for Co
NPs catalyst, density of the grown CNTs is much decreased in comparison to Co NPs on Si
substrate. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

Carbon nanotubes؛ Ni-Co NPs؛ Nanocatalyst؛ Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (TCVD)