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An atmospheric pressure microwave plasma tubular furnace apparatus (MPTF) for the rapid synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been developed. CNTs have been synthesized by an Argon-Hydrogen microwave plasma using ethanol vapor as carbon source with the furnace temperature of 800 °C at the atmospheric pressure. The synthesized CNTs have been analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and are shown to be multi-walled and tangled and chemically connected to form a high-density network with the diameter at the range of 25–70 nm. The measurement of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicates that a large number of oxygenated functional groups grown on the surface of CNTs. These properties proved that the CNTs could be utilized as nanoscale templates for various applications.
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This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFF0102100) and the Pre-research Project of Civil Aerospace Technology of China (D040109).
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Li, D., Tong, L. & Gao, B. One-step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Network with Rich Oxygenated Functional Groups via Microwave Plasma in Atmospheric Pressure. MRS Advances 5, 2679–2684 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2020.215
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