Empirical relationship between band gap and synthesis parameters of chemical vapor deposition-synthesized multiwalled carbon nanotubes
관리자2018-11-06조회 4049
In this study, an empirical relationship between the energy band gap of multi-walled carbon
nanotubes (MWCNTs) and synthesis parameters in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
reactor using factorial design of experiment was established. A bimetallic (Fe-Ni) catalyst
supported on CaCO3 was synthesized via wet impregnation technique and used for MWCNT
growth. The effects of synthesis parameters such as temperature, time, acetylene flow rate,
and argon carrier gas flow rate on the MWCNTs energy gap, yield, and aspect ratio were
investigated. The as-prepared supported bimetallic catalyst and the MWCNTs were characterized
for their morphologies, microstructures, elemental composition, thermal profiles and
surface areas by high-resolution scanning electron microscope, high resolution transmission
electron microscope, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, thermal gravimetry analysis and
Brunauer-Emmett-Teller. A regression model was developed to establish the relationship
between band gap energy, MWCNTs yield and aspect ratio. The results revealed that the
optimum conditions to obtain high yield and quality MWCNTs of 159.9% were: temperature
(700ºC), time (55 min), argon flow rate (230.37 mL min–1) and acetylene flow rate (150 mL
min–1) respectively. The developed regression models demonstrated that the estimated values
for the three response variables; energy gap, yield and aspect ratio, were 0.246 eV, 557.64
and 0.82. The regression models showed that the energy band gap, yield, and aspect ratio of
the MWCNTs were largely influenced by the synthesis parameters and can be controlled in
a CVD reactor.
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