Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Induction Thermal Plasma

作     者：Keun Su Kim Ala Moradian Javad Mostaghimi Yasaman Alinejad Ali Shahverdi Benoit Simard Gervais Soucy 

作者机构：Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversitéde SherbrookeJ1K 2R1Canada Department of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of TorontoM5S 3G8Canada Steacie Institute for Molecular SciencesNational Research CouncilK1A 0R6Canada 

出 版 物：《Nano Research》 (纳米研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第2卷第10期

页      面：800-817页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council(NSERC)of Canada 

主　　题：Single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs) large-scale continuous synthesis radio frequency(RF)induction thermal plasma optimization numerical modeling 

摘      要：The production of high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)on a bulk scale has been an issue of considerable ***,it has been demonstrated that high quality SWCNTs can be continuously synthesized on large scale by using induction thermal plasma *** this process,the high energy density of the thermal plasma is employed to generate dense vapor-phase precursors for the synthesis of *** the current reactor system,a carbon soot product which contains approximately 40 wt%of SWCNTs can be continuously synthesized at the high production rate of~100 g/*** this article,our recent research efforts to achieve major advances in this technology are ***,the processing parameters involved are examined systematically in order to evaluate their individual inuences on the SWCNT synthesis.Based on these results,the appropriate operating conditions of the induction thermal plasma process for an effective synthesis of SWCNTs are discussed.A characterization study has also been performed on the SWCNTs produced under the optimum processing ***,a mathematical model of the process currently under development is *** model will help us to better understand the synthesis of SWCNTs in the induction plasma process.