Novel Catalysts, Room Temperature, and the Importance of Oxygen for the Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes | Zendy

Mark H. Rümmeli | Zendy; E. BorowiakPalen | Zendy; Thomas Gemming | Zendy; Thomas Pichler | Zendy; M. Knupfer | Zendy; Martin Kalbác̆ | Zendy; Lothar Dunsch | Zendy; O. Jost | Zendy; S. Ravi P. Silva | Zendy; W. Pompe | Zendy; B. Büchner | Zendy

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Novel Catalysts, Room Temperature, and the Importance of Oxygen for the Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Author(s) -

Mark H. Rümmeli,

E. BorowiakPalen,

Thomas Gemming,

Thomas Pichler,

M. Knupfer,

Martin Kalbác̆,

Lothar Dunsch,

O. Jost,

S. Ravi P. Silva,

W. Pompe,

B. Büchner

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

nano letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.853

H-Index - 488

eISSN - 1530-6992

pISSN - 1530-6984

DOI - 10.1021/nl050692v

Subject(s) - nucleation , carbon nanotube , catalysis , materials science , chemical engineering , laser ablation , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , metal , fullerene , chemistry , laser , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , physics , optics , composite number , engineering

In this letter, we show for the first time the use of metal oxides as catalysts in the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using laser ablation. Further, SWCNTs have been synthesized at low temperature (down to room temperature), where their nucleation cannot be explained via fullerene nucleation. The data point to a nucleation mechanism previously not identified, that places a stable oxidized ring as the root cause for the growth of SWCNTs.

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