Effect of Acid Treatment on Stainless Steel Substrate on the Growth of Carbon Nanomaterials Using Alcohol Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition
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In this work, the effect of acid treatment on stainless steel (SS) substrate on the morphology and structure of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) was investigated. CNMs were grown on SS and hydrochloric acid-treated SS (A-SS) substrates by alcohol catalytic chemical vapor deposition (ACCVD) at a growth temperature of 900 °C under atmospheric pressure. Morphology and structure of CNMs on SS and A-SS substrates were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that selective growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with mean diameter of 37.07±8.27 nm, was achieved by using A-SS substrate, while selective growth of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) with mean diameter of 48.70±6.52 nm and some multilayer graphene (MLG), was achieved by using SS substrate. These results demonstrate that acid treatment on the SS substrate is a key parameter to the morphology and structure of CNMs.
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