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Nano Research 2019, 12(8): 1845-1850 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2445-1
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Diameter dependent doping in horizontally aligned high-density N-doped SWNT arrays

Show Author's Information Pan Li1,  Yiming Li1,  Xiao Zhang2,  Jun Chen1,  Yingwen Cheng3,  Yi Li1,  Yanwen Ma1( ),  Jie Liu2( )
Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays,Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road,Nanjing,210023,China;
Department of Chemistry,Duke University,Durham, North Carolina,27708,USA;
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Northern Illinois University,DeKalb, Illinois,60115,USA;
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N-doping, Raman spectroscopy, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) array, diameter dependent doping
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Li P, Li Y, Zhang X, et al. Diameter dependent doping in horizontally aligned high-density N-doped SWNT arrays. Nano Research, 2019, 12(8): 1845-1850. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2445-1
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We reported the growth of horizontally aligned nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on quartz substrates. The synthesized SWNTs were comprehensively characterized at the single nanotube level. Owing to the highly aligned nature of the nanotubes, we were able to investigate the diameter dependent doping mechanism through systematic resonant Raman spectroscopy studies. Other than the formerly found narrowing effect by N-doping, we proposed that the nanotube diameter affects the introduction of N atoms into the carbon lattice in an elaborate way. The obtained doping level increased along with the nanotube diameter but lost the increasing trend when the diameter became larger and experienced a slight decrease after reaching the local peak value. These insights about the heteroatom doping into the carbon nanotubes could benefit the development of the carbon nanotube based functional materials and extend their application in a broad range of areas.


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Diameter dependent doping in horizontally aligned high-density N-doped SWNT arrays

Show Author's information Pan Li1, Yiming Li1, Xiao Zhang2, Jun Chen1, Yingwen Cheng3, Yi Li1, Yanwen Ma1( ), Jie Liu2( )
Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays,Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road,Nanjing,210023,China;
Department of Chemistry,Duke University,Durham, North Carolina,27708,USA;
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,Northern Illinois University,DeKalb, Illinois,60115,USA;

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We reported the growth of horizontally aligned nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on quartz substrates. The synthesized SWNTs were comprehensively characterized at the single nanotube level. Owing to the highly aligned nature of the nanotubes, we were able to investigate the diameter dependent doping mechanism through systematic resonant Raman spectroscopy studies. Other than the formerly found narrowing effect by N-doping, we proposed that the nanotube diameter affects the introduction of N atoms into the carbon lattice in an elaborate way. The obtained doping level increased along with the nanotube diameter but lost the increasing trend when the diameter became larger and experienced a slight decrease after reaching the local peak value. These insights about the heteroatom doping into the carbon nanotubes could benefit the development of the carbon nanotube based functional materials and extend their application in a broad range of areas.

Keywords: N-doping, Raman spectroscopy, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) array, diameter dependent doping

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Received: 21 February 2019
Revised: 15 May 2019
Accepted: 26 May 2019
Published: 15 June 2019
Issue date: August 2019

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This work is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51802161, 51772157, and 61504062), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20160886), Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No. YX03001), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Synergistic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Jiangsu Province "Six Talent Peak" (No. 2014-XCL-014), Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions NSF (No. 17KJB430026), Scientific Research Foundation of NUPT (No. NY217012), Graduate Education Innovation Project in Jiangsu Province (No. CXZZ12_0461) and Keypoint Research and Invention Program of Jiangsu Province (No. BE2018010-3).

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