%0 Journal Article
%T High temperature activation and deactivation of single-walled carbon nanotube growth investigated by in situ Raman measurements
%+ Laboratoire des colloïdes, verres et nanomatériaux (LCVN)
%A Picher, Matthieu
%A Anglaret, Eric
%A Jourdain, Vincent
%< avec comité de lecture
%Z LCVN:10-013
%@ 0925-9635
%J Diamond and Related Materials
%3 DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
%B 20th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes and Nitrides
%C Athens, Greece
%I Elsevier
%V 19
%N 5-6
%P 581-585
%8 2010
%D 2010
%R 10.1016/j.diamond.2009.12.003
%K Carbon nanotubes
%K CVD growth
%K Deactivation
%K Raman
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]Journal articles
%X A decrease of nanotube yield is usually observed at high temperature. Here, we report on the origins of the activation and deactivation of the SWCNT growth in this high temperature range (between 700 degrees C and 850 degrees C) based on in situ Raman measurements. We observed that, at high temperature, carbon precursors such as ethanol and methane readily reduce metal oxide such as Co3O4. Once reduced, the size distribution of the catalyst particles quickly evolves at high temperature leading to a dramatic deactivation of the nanotube growth. An oxidizing pre-treatment has a stabilizing effect on the catalyst. In addition, we evidenced a threshold partial pressure of the carbon precursor to initiate the growth. This threshold partial pressure sets a second requirement for activating the nanotube growth in addition to the requirement of reducing the catalyst. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
%G English
%L hal-00498749
%U https://hal.science/hal-00498749
%~ CNRS
%~ UNIV-MONTP2
%~ LCVN
%~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER
%~ UM1-UM2