Abstract

GRANADOS-MARTINEZ, F.G. et al. MWCNTs synthesis from butanol, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate and hexane by chemical vapor deposition with a stainless steel core as catalyst. Superf. vacío [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.4, pp.108-110. ISSN 1665-3521.

A stainless steel core catalyst with several green precursors, butanol, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate and hexane, were used to obtain multi-walled carbon nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition. Argon was used as carrier gas at 50-90 ml/min rates. Samples were synthetized at 680-850 ºC, according to the precursor used. The characterization techniques were scanning electronic microscopy, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive, Fourier transformed infrared and Raman spectroscopy. The micrographs showed tangled carbon nanotubes formation with different diameters from 50-300 nm. Elemental analysis indicated carbon atomic percentages ranging from 93-99 %, 1.0-4.5 % iron and less than 1% of manganese, chrome and silicon. X-Ray diffraction demonstrated the characteristic carbon nanotubes peak (002) at 26°. G and D carbon nanotubes distinctive bands were confirmed by Raman spectra for all samples.

Keywords : multi-walled carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor deposition; synthesis.

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