Carbon nanotubes produced by tunneling of cobalt nanoparticles in carbon fibers |
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Authors: | J. L. Li H. T. Ye |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China 2. School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
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Abstract: | Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been produced by the tunneling of cobalt nanoparticles in carbon fibers that are derived from electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers. During annealing, the PAN fibers transform to a composite of cobalt nanodroplets and carbon fibers. Driven by the high chemical potential of wrinkled graphene platelets and amorphous carbon with respect to graphite, the cobalt nanodroplets are to tunnel in the carbon fibers. When cobalt nanodroplets have an elongated shape, carbon atoms dissolved in the droplets precipitate preferentially and completely at their lateral sides, producing perfect CNTs that form bulk structures. |
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