Metallic Catalysts for Structure-Controlled Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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  1. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Preparation, Property, and Application

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have shown great potential in various applications attributed to their unique structures and outstanding structure-dependent properties. The structure-controlled growth of SWNTs is a crucial issue for their advanced applications and has been a great challenge in this field for two decades. Metal catalyst-mediated SWNT growth is believed to be very efficient. In this review, progresses in diameter and chirality controlled growth of SWNTs with metal catalysts is summarized from several aspects, including growth mechanism and theory, effects of catalysts, and the chemical vapor deposition conditions. The design, preparation, handling and dispersion, and the size evolution of metal catalysts are all discussed. The influences of growth environment including the type, composition, and pressure/concentration of the carbon source as well as the temperature on the selectivity toward the nanotube structure are analyzed. We also discuss some of the challenges and trends in this field.

Keywords

Single-walled carbon nanotubes Metallic catalyst Chemical vapor deposition Controlled growth Diameter Chirality 

Abbreviations

AFI

Zeolite AlPO4-5

AFM

Atomic force microscope

APTES

3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane

CVD

Chemical vapor deposition

DFT

Density functional theory

Dps

DNA-binding proteins

E11

First van Hove optical transition energy

E-TEM

Environmental transmission electron microscopy

EDS

Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

FCCVD

Floating catalyst CVD

FFT

Fast Fourier transform

FTIR

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

G6OH

Sixgeneration polyamidoamine dendrimers with 100% hydroxyl termination

HAADF

High angle annular dark field

HMDS

1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexamethyldisilazane

PAMAM

Polyamidoamine

POM

Polyoxometalate

PS-b-PFEMS

Polystyrene-block-polyferrocenylethylmethylsilane

PS-b-PVP

Polystyrene-block-polyvinylpyridine

ptz

Pyrazine

RBM

Radial breathing mode

SDBS

Sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate

SOG

Spin-on-glass

STEM

Scanning transmission electron microscope

SWNTs

Single-walled carbon nanotubes

TEM

Transmission electron microscope

UHV

Ultrahigh vacuum

UV–Vis–NIR

Ultraviolet/visible/near-infrared

VLS

Vapor–liquid–solid

VSS

Vapor–solid–solid

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Notes

Acknowledgements

This research is financially supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic China (2016YFA0201904), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21631002, U1632119, and 91333105).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and ApplicationsCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringBeijingChina
  2. 2.Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijingChina

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