Nanomaterials

Chapter 4Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Falah H. Hussein^1,* and Firas H. Abdulrazzak²

¹College of Pharmacy, Babylon University, Hilla, Iraq

²Chemistry Department, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Diyala University, Diyala, Iraq

^*Corresponding author: [e-mail]

Abstract

Numerous literatures reported physiochemical properties, applications, characterization, and synthesis of different types of carbon nanotubes. In this review, we report our work with the synthesis of carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition. The review includes the effect of many conditions that required synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), few-wall carbon nanotubes (FWNTs), and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). The parameters were precursor as sources of carbon, catalyst, temperature, and the effect of the flow of transfer gas and precursor. In addition to the parameter, we reported the defect and deformation that accrued during the synthesis process while predicting effect on physio-chemical properties of CNTs. Addition, the common methods for characterized carbon nanotubes such Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermal gravimetric analysis, transmittance TEM and scanning SEM spectroscopy are presented.

Keywords: CVD, temperature, Raman, tube furnace, CNT

4.1 Introduction

The real and active beginning that opened for treatments with carbon nanomaterials (CNM) should is to be refer to Iijima who synthesized the single wall carbon nanotubes ...