Wz. Li et al., Effect of gas pressure on the growth and structure of carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition, APPL PHYS A, 73(2), 2001, pp. 259-264
The effect of gas pressure on the structure of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has
been systematically investigated in the chemical vapor deposition process.
The yield of CNTs (defined as the weight ratio of CNTs vs. catalyst) increa
ses significantly with the gas pressure, reaches 600% at 600 Torr, then dec
reases with further increase of gas pressure. At low reacting gas pressure
the CNTs have completely hollow cores, whereas at high pressure the CNTs ha
ve a bamboo structure, The density of the compartments in the bamboo-struct
ured CNTs increases dramatically with the increase of the gas pressure. Thi
s result shows that the structure and yield of carbon nanotubes are strongl
y affected by the growth gas pressure.