Chiral-selective CoSO4/SiO2 catalyst for (9,8) single-walled carbon nanotube growth

• Main Authors: Wang, Hong, Wei, Li, Ren, Fang, Wang, Qiang, Pfefferle, Lisa D., Haller, Gary L., Chen, Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99606; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17750
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Electronic and optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) correlate with their chiral structures. Many applications need chirally pure SWCNTs that current synthesis methods cannot produce. Here, we show a sulfate-promoted CoSO4/SiO2 catalyst, which selectively grows large-diameter...