Abstract
Effects of substrate materials and shapes have been investigated in the one-step liquid-phase (OS-LP) synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Similar highly aligned multi-walled CNT (MWCNT) arrays (HACNTAs) with a height (ha) of ∼30 µm were synthesized on the substrates of commercially available stainless steel and Inconel® alloy by a resistance heating method in methanol containing cobaltocene, whereas aligned MWCNT arrays (ha≈10 µm) with slightly poor alignment were formed on the titanium substrate, compared with those of the former two. On the other hand, very short, non-aligned MWCNTs with a length of ∼1 µm were deposited on a silicon substrate. The different morphologies depending on the substrate materials are related with interaction between the pyrolytically-generated Co atoms and the surface oxide layers of the substrates. In addition, we have for the first time demonstrated that the OS-LP synthesis is suitable for CNT-coating onto intricately-shaped substrates like stainless steel mesh.
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