Large-area synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes growth on the aluminum foil via FCCVD method

Year 2022, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 296 - 303, 27.03.2022

Yaşar Özkan Yeşilbağ , Fatma Nur Tuzluca , Ahmad Hüseyin Ahmed Jalal Salıh Eda Nur Demirez

https://doi.org/10.18185/erzifbed.1036126

Abstract

In this study, VA-CNTs were synthesized homogeneously on Al foil at 610 oC temperature by Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapor Deposition (FCCVD) method in a horizontal tube furnace. While ethanol was used as the carbon source, ferrocene was used as the catalyst. VA-CNTs with diameters in the range of ~10-15 nm and lengths in the range of ~30-35 µm were obtained. Structural and morphological analyzes of VA-CNTs were determined using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersion X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Raman Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). These VA-CNTs, synthesized by the FCCVD method on an Al foil in a large area, have the potential applications to be used especially in energy storage, optoelectronic, and sensor.

Keywords

VA-CNTs, FCCVD, aluminum foil

Supporting Institution

TUBİTAK

Project Number

217M323

Thanks

Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Faculty of Science Application and Research Center (EUTAM) and Atatürk University Eastern Anatolia High Technology Application and Research Center (DAYTAM)

FCCVD yöntemi ile alüminyum folyo üzerinde dikey olarak hizalanmış karbon nanotüp büyümesinin geniş alan sentezi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, yatay bir tüp fırında FCCVD yöntemiyle 610 oC sıcaklıkta Al folyo üzerine VA-CNT’ler homojen bir şekilde sentezlenmiştir. Karbon kaynağı olarak etanol kullanılırken katalizör olarak da ferrosen kullanılmıştır. Çapları ~10-15 nm aralığında, uzunlukları ise ~30-35 µm aralığında değişen VA-CNT'ler elde edilmiştir. VA-CNT'lerin yapısal ve morfolojik analizleri, X-Işını Kırınım (XRD), Alan Emisyon Taramalı Elektron Mikroskobu (FESEM), Enerji Dağılım X-Işını Spektroskopisi (EDS), Raman Spektroskopisi ve X-Işını Fotoelektron Spektroskopisi (XPS) kullanılarak belirlenmiştir. Geniş bir alanda Al folyo üzerinde FCCVD yöntemiyle sentezlenen bu VA-CNT'ler, özellikle enerji depolama, optoelektronik ve sensör uygulamalarında kullanılabilme potansiyeline sahiptir.

Keywords

VA-CNTs, FCCVD, aluminum foil

Project Number

217M323

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