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Highly selective growth of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes from sigma phase alloy catalyst

Show Author's Information Liantao Xin1,§,  Chen Ma1,§,  Qianru Wu1,§,  Shaokang Liu2,§,  Linhai Li3,  Xiuyun Zhang4,  Liu Qian5,  Maoshuai He1( ),  Dong Li1,  Fangqian Han1,  Shulan Hao1,  Lihu Feng1,  Yahan Li1,  Huaping Liu3,  Lili Zhang2( ),  Chang Liu2,  Jin Zhang5( )
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
College of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

§ Liantao Xin, Chen Ma, Qianru Wu, and Shaokang Liu contributed equally to this work.

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selective growth, single-walled carbon nanotubes, sigma phase, manganese-rhenium catalyst, transition-metal alloy
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Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN)
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Xin L, Ma C, Wu Q, et al. Highly selective growth of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes from sigma phase alloy catalyst. Nano Research, 2024, 17(3): 1999-2003. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5930-5
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The chirality structure of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) strongly depends on the composition of catalyst used in the chemical vapor deposition process. In this study, we develop a porous magnesia supported manganese-rhenium (MnRe/MgO) catalyst for chirality-selective synthesis of SWNTs. Detailed characterizations reveal that (6,5) tubes with a selectivity higher than 70% are grown from the Re-rich MnRe/MgO catalyst. By comparing the SWNT growth results with those of monometallic Mn or Re, the formation of sigma phase, an intermetallic compound occurring in transition-metal alloy systems, is revealed to be crucial for the dominant synthesis of (6,5) SWNTs. This work not only extends the application of sigma phase alloy for catalytic synthesis of SWNTs, but also sheds lights on the growth of SWNTs with a high chirality selectivity.


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Highly selective growth of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes from sigma phase alloy catalyst

Show Author's information Liantao Xin1,§, Chen Ma1,§, Qianru Wu1,§, Shaokang Liu2,§, Linhai Li3, Xiuyun Zhang4, Liu Qian5, Maoshuai He1( ), Dong Li1, Fangqian Han1, Shulan Hao1, Lihu Feng1, Yahan Li1, Huaping Liu3, Lili Zhang2( ), Chang Liu2, Jin Zhang5( )
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
College of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

§ Liantao Xin, Chen Ma, Qianru Wu, and Shaokang Liu contributed equally to this work.

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The chirality structure of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) strongly depends on the composition of catalyst used in the chemical vapor deposition process. In this study, we develop a porous magnesia supported manganese-rhenium (MnRe/MgO) catalyst for chirality-selective synthesis of SWNTs. Detailed characterizations reveal that (6,5) tubes with a selectivity higher than 70% are grown from the Re-rich MnRe/MgO catalyst. By comparing the SWNT growth results with those of monometallic Mn or Re, the formation of sigma phase, an intermetallic compound occurring in transition-metal alloy systems, is revealed to be crucial for the dominant synthesis of (6,5) SWNTs. This work not only extends the application of sigma phase alloy for catalytic synthesis of SWNTs, but also sheds lights on the growth of SWNTs with a high chirality selectivity.

Keywords: selective growth, single-walled carbon nanotubes, sigma phase, manganese-rhenium catalyst, transition-metal alloy

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Received: 07 April 2023
Revised: 03 June 2023
Accepted: 14 June 2023
Published: 24 July 2023
Issue date: March 2024

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This research was supported by the Key Basic Research Project of Shandong Province, China (No. ZR2019ZD49), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51972184 and 51802316), and the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, China (No. 2020-MS-009).

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