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Novel pot-shaped carbon nanomaterial synthesized in a submarine-style substrate heating CVD method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2016

Hiroyuki Yokoi ,
Kazuto Hatakeyama ,
Takaaki Taniguchi ,
Michio Koinuma ,
Masahiro Hara  and
Yasumichi Matsumoto
Hiroyuki Yokoi*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Kazuto Hatakeyama
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Takaaki Taniguchi
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Michio Koinuma
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Masahiro Hara
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Yasumichi Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: yokoihr@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

We have developed a new synthesis method that includes a chemical vapor deposition process in a chamber settled in organic liquid, and applied its nonequilibrium reaction field to the development of novel carbon nanomaterials. In the synthesis at 1110–1120 K, using graphene oxide as a catalyst support, iron acetate and cobalt acetate as catalyst precursors, and 2-propanol as a carbon source as well as the organic liquid, we succeeded to create carbon nanofiber composed of novel pot-shaped units, named carbon nanopot. A carbon nanopot has a complex and regular nanostructure consisting of several parts made of different layer numbers of graphene and a deep hollow space. Dense graphene edges, hydroxylated presumably, are localized around its closed end. The typical size of a carbon nanopot was 20–40 nm in outer diameter, 5–30 nm in inner diameter, and 100–200 nm in length. A growth model of carbon nanopot and its applications are proposed.

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Cnanostructurechemical vapor deposition (CVD)
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Invited Feature Paper
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 1: Annual Issue: Early Career Scholars in Materials Science , 14 January 2016 , pp. 117 - 126
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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