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Influence of the Catalyst Supporting Material on the Growth of Carbon Nanotubes

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Catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) is considered as the most suitable technique for the large scale and low-cost production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Catalytic activity of Fe-Co, Fe-Ni and Co-Ni mixture supported on Al2O3 has been investigated in the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Absolute ethanol was used as a source of carbon and nitrogen as the carrier gas. The Carbon nanotubes prepared by the catalytic decomposition of ethanol at 1173°K over iron supported alumina or silica catalysts with 5Wt% iron loading in a horizontal tube furnace under flow of nitrogen. The morphological structure of deposits CNTs were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the alumina supported catalysts more active towards CNTs formation than silica supported catalysts even with changing the percentage of metal loading (2.5% - 10%). Further investigation for alumina support with other metals and their binary metals heve been done to see for how far the alumina is suitable as a support. The yield of the carbon deposit obtained varied from 11.2 to 34.9% of the initial weight of the catalyst. The results revealed that CNTs prepared by Fe-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst has high length/diameter ratio and small tube diameter ≈ 17 nm.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1163)

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Mohammed A. Khattab, Heba A. El-Deeb, Azza El-Maghraby*

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Alumina, Carbon Nanotubes, Catalyst, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Silica

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