Abstract

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been rapidly synthesized on the surface of low-cost commercial chlorinated polymers (chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride), which contains iron compounds, under the action of a high power ion beam at room temperature. Organic (Fe(C5H5)2) and inorganic (FeCl3⋅6H2O и Fe(NO3)3·9H2O) iron compounds were used as catalytic additions. SEM, TEM and Raman spectroscopy were used to investigate the morphologies and structure of irradiated polymers. CNFs had a most probable diameter in the range 50–90 nm and a maximum length of up to 10 μm. The maximum CNFs growth rate was estimated as 160 μm/μs. A possible growth mechanism for CNFs is discussed.

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