Large-Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by an Ethanol Thermal Reduction Process
- 11 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 125 (27), 8088-8089
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja035763b
Abstract
The bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes were synthesized on a large scale through an ethanol thermal reduction process, in which ethanol was used as the carbon source and magnesium was used as the reductant. The toxic or corrosive reagents have been completely avoided. Furthermore, Y-junction carbon nanotubes obtained from our experiment can be used as the building blocks of nanoelectronics. Because of the simplicity and high yield of this route, it may potentially be applied on the scale of industrial production.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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