• 文献标题:   Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes on Mono layer Graphene Substrates: Reduced Etching via Suppressed Catalytic Hydrogenation Using C2H4
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAR K, KIM YS, LI X, DING JJ, FISHER FT, YANG EH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, carbon nanotube growth, catalytic hydrogenation, 3d nanoarchitecture, chemical vapor deposition
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0897-4756 EI 1520-5002
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stevens Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1021/cm402052z
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

In most envisioned applications, the full utilization of a graphene-carbon nanotube (CNT) construct requires maintaining the integrity of the graphene layer during the CNT growth step. In this work, we exhibit an approach toward controlled CNT growth atop graphene substrates where the reaction equilibrium between the source hydrocarbon decomposition and carbon saturation into and precipitation from the catalyst nanoparticles shifts toward CNT growth rather than graphene consumption. By utilizing C2H4 feedstock, we demonstrate that the low-temperature growth permissible with this gas suppresses undesirable catalytic hydrogenation and dramatically reduces the etching of the graphene layer to exhibit graphene-CNT hybrids with continuous, undamaged structures.