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Growth of carbon nanotubes and carbon spheres on diatoms

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The growth of carbon-based nanomaterials on diatoms allows the environmentally friendly production of new materials with potential applications for energy storage. Here, we report the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon spheres (CCs) on diatoms using cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) and FeCo nanoparticles as catalysts. Carbon nanomaterials were obtained by the chemical vapor deposition method (CVD) at 750 °C with acetylene as a carbon source. The formation of CNTs and Cs on the diatom was confirmed by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Our results reveal that the CNTs were formed using FeCo and the CCs with CoFe2O4 nanoparticles as catalysts. The effect of the catalyst and the formation mechanism was discussed. The advantage of these results relies on using diatoms as a substrate to control the growth of high-quality carbon nanomaterials by tailoring the surface with different catalytic sources.

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We thank MSc Luis Corredor for preparing the FeCo particles and CVD operation.

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    1. School of Physical Sciences and Nanotechnology, Yachay Tech University, Street Urcuquí, 100119, Quito, Ecuador

      María Cristina Mina-Villarreal, Sarah Briceño & Gema González

    2. Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolqui, Ecuador

      Sarah Briceño, Karla Vizuete, Alexis Debut & Gema González

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    MCM-V: conducted the experiments, and characterize the samples. SB: designed the experiments, characterize, analyze the samples, and wrote the article. KV and AD: measured the samples using the SEM and TEM techniques. GG: designed and supervise the project, contributed substantially to the analysis of the samples, and wrote the article.

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    Mina-Villarreal, M.C., Briceño, S., Vizuete, K. et al. Growth of carbon nanotubes and carbon spheres on diatoms. J Porous Mater 30, 343–349 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-022-01345-8

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