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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2015-03-01

Journal:CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:21

Issue:1-3

Page Number:78-83

ISSN No.:0948-1907

Key Words:Carbon microcoils; Carbon nanocoils; Catalyst precursor; Growth mechanism; NiSO4

Abstract:A mixture of carbon micro-and nanocoils (CMCs/CNCs) is synthesized by catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene at 650 degrees C using NiSO4 as the catalyst precursor. The morphology of the grown product is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Experimental results indicate that, in general, the CMCs are in double-helical form, while most of the grown CNCs are in twisted single-helical form. The coil diameters of CMCs and CNCs are approximately 4 to 10mm and 300 to 400 nm, respectively. Raman spectra indicate that the real active catalyst precursor for growing CMCs/CNCs is NiSO4, while NiO is not an effective catalyst precursor for synthesizing CMCs or CNCs.