Synthesis of various nano carbon filaments by CVD over catalysts loaded on a metal oxide composite

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofilaments (CNFs) were synthesized by the decomposition of ethylene using oxidized diamond-supported catalysts at a relatively mild temperature. Oxidized diamond is proposed as a novel support material for the catalytic synthesis of CNTs and CNFs. We focused on the inner structure of the CNTs which were synthesized using Ni, Co, Fe, Ni–Fe, Co–Fe, and Ni–Co-loaded oxidized diamond catalysts. The oxidation state of loaded metals in bimetallic catalysts played an important role in producing a more uniform internal structure of the synthesized CNTs. CNFs synthesized over bimetal-loaded oxidized diamond catalysts had different internal structures and fiber axis/graphene layer angles. [TANSO 2015 (No. 266) 2–6.]