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Development of Cold-Wall Chemical Vapour Deposition Systems for the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Fibres / ANDREW ANDERSON
Swansea University Author: ANDREW ANDERSON
Abstract
This work investigates the construction of a cold wall chemical vapour deposition system for producing carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers from a solid carbon source, camphor. A high temperature ceramic heater was fabricated and utilized inside a 50 mm diameter quartz tube. This reaction takes pl...
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Swansea, Wales, UK
2023
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| Institution: | Swansea University |
| Degree level: | Master of Research |
| Degree name: | MSc by Research |
| Supervisor: | Orbaek-White, Alvin. |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64904 |
| Abstract: |
This work investigates the construction of a cold wall chemical vapour deposition system for producing carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers from a solid carbon source, camphor. A high temperature ceramic heater was fabricated and utilized inside a 50 mm diameter quartz tube. This reaction takes place within an argon environment with no gas flow during the growth process. Ferrocene was used in the formation of iron nanoparticles on a zeolite substrate. The effects of reaction temperature on the produced carbon species were investigated using Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Carbon nanotubes as well as likely metal oxide nano-wires were successfully grown and identified using Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. This work demonstrates that solid carbon sources can be used in a cold wall reactor designed to produce carbon nanomaterials. The reactor design is inexpensive and easy to construct with sufficient technical skills. |
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| Keywords: |
Nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes, cold wall chemical vapour deposition |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |