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Aligned carbon nanotube growth under oxidative ambient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Anyuan Cao ,
Xianfeng Zhang ,
Cailu Xu ,
Ji Liang ,
Dehai Wu  and
Bingqing Wei
Anyuan Cao*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Xianfeng Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Cailu Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Ji Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Dehai Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Bingqing Wei
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: cayuan96@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are always produced under a reductive ambient with hydrogen present using the chemical vapor deposition method. Oxidative media, such as carbon dioxide and oxygen, could damage the tubular structures by opening the nanotube ends or etching the tube walls. Here we report the synthesis of aligned defective, but clean, CNTs in the presence of water vapor. The tube walls were found broken as well as the tube ends. CNTs with a large amount of exposed broken sites on their tube walls have potential applications in many areas such as energy storage.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 3107 - 3110
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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