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Direct growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on a planar carbon substrate by thermal chemical vapour deposition
Abstract.
Uniform, vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays (VACNTs) were grown on
glassy carbon-like thin films by thermal chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Thin (5 nm) aluminum
and iron catalyst layers were pre-deposited by evaporation on the carbon substrates
and VACNTs were grown at 750 oC by water-assisted CVD using ethylene as the
carbon source. The aluminum layer was shown to be essential for aligned nanotube
growth. VACNT arrays adhered strongly to the carbon film with low contact resistance
between the VACNTs and the substrate. The VACNT arrays grown directly on the planar
conducting carbon substrate have attractive properties for use as electrodes. Excellent voltammetric
characteristics are demonstrated after insulating the arrays with a dielectric
material.
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