Article
Synthesis and Growth Kinetics of Carbon Nanocoils using Sn-Fe-O Xerogel Film Catalyst
Materials Research Express
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2014
Abstract
Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) were synthesized by a chemical vapor deposition method using tin-iron-oxide (Sn-Fe-O) xerogel film catalyst. The Sn-Fe-O catalyst was prepared by a low-cost sol–gel method using stannous acetate and ferric acetate as precursors. The growth kinetics of CNCs were monitored by a thermogravimetric analyzer, and the experimental result was correlated using one-dimensional tip growth kinetic model. The kinetic model consists of three steps: (1) dissociative chemisorption of acetylene and formation of encapsulating carbon on a leading face of the catalyst, (2) diffusion and reduction of Sn-Fe-O catalyst in bulk structure, and (3) carbon cluster nucleation on a tailing face of the catalyst.
Inclusive pages
1-16
ISBN/ISSN
2053-1591
Copyright
Copyright © 2014, IOP Publishing
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Muneaki Hikita and Khalid Lafdi. "Synthesis and Growth Kinetics of Carbon Nanocoils using Sn-Fe-O Xerogel Film Catalyst" Materials Research Express Vol. 1 Iss. 3 (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/khalid_lafdi/77/