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▲ [16p-B309-5] Assistive effects of carbon feedstock and etchant on defect healing of carbon nanotubes by thermal process
キーワード:carbon nanotube, defect healing
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted extensive research interest for their extremely unique thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties. Unfortunately, as-synthesized CNTs usually show significantly lower performances than expected due to the formation of defects and amorphous carbon (a-C). Past simulation research has shown that defects of CNTs can be thermally healed by a post-synthesis process and the supply of carbon feedstock such as acetylene (C2H2) is effective for healing vacancy defects. Etchant such as water or carbon dioxide (CO2) was also widely used during the growth process of CNTs to remove a-C. In the present work, we studied defect healing of CNTs by post-synthesis process using C2H2, CO2, and the combination of them.