<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This work presents the results of the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using the CVD method. Fe: MgO catalyst was used, also in combination with rare earth elements (gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy)), which when used alone, are not efficient as catalysts in nanotube growth. Synthesis was performed both at reduced pressure (10<sup>-3</sup> mbar) and atmospheric pressure, with constant parameters dependent on the process parameters.</p></abstract>

This work presents the results of the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using the CVD method. Fe: MgO catalyst was used, also in combination with rare earth elements (gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy)), which when used alone, are not efficient as catalysts in nanotube growth. Synthesis was performed both at reduced pressure (10-3 mbar) and atmospheric pressure, with constant parameters dependent on the process parameters.

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition by using rareearth metals as catalysts

Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Pulaskiego 10, 70-322 Szczecin, Poland

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

This work presents the results of the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using the CVD method. Fe: MgO catalyst was used, also in combination with rare earth...

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition by using rareearth metals as catalysts

Published Online: Sep 27, 2010

Page range: 29 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-010-0029-7

Keywords
carbon nanotubes, chemical vapor deposition CVD, Raman spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy

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Synthesis of carbon nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition by using rareearth metals as catalysts

Published Online: Sep 27, 2010

Page range: 29 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-010-0029-7

Keywordscarbon nanotubes, chemical vapor deposition CVD, Raman spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy

This content is open access.

Keywords
carbon nanotubes, chemical vapor deposition CVD, Raman spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy