Preparation of well-aligned carbon nanotubes by pyrolysis of phenolic resin in anodic alumina pores

Ke Zhi Li, Jian Wei, He Jun Li, Yu Lei Zhang, Chuang Wang, Dang She Hou

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Abstract

Well-aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of high quality were synthesized by pyrolysis of phenolic resin at 800 °C in anodic alumina oxide (AAO) pores under argon protection. The innocuous source materials and safe operational conditions permit this method to synthesize well-aligned CNTs in large-scale and low cost. The formation mechanism of the synthesized CNTs is also proposed in this work by a series of visual sketches and is proved with obvious evidence. Firstly, phenolic resin nanotubes form in the template pores through the evaporation of solvent. Heat treatment then transfers these tubes into CNTs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7365-7368
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume253
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2007

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Electron microscopy
  • Pyrolysis
  • Resins

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