TY - JOUR
AU1 - A, Labanca
AU2 - C, Silva
AU3 - L, Sacorague
AU4 - 
AB - This article presents preliminary results of methane pyrolysis in an argon thermal plasma reactor using catalysts as an alternative method for carbon nanotubes synthesis. Inside the reaction chamber located downstream of the plasma discharge, three different types of catalysts were tested simultaneously to analyze the formation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at atmospheric pressure and under different conditions of operation. The method considered here can be regarded as a variation of the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), the most used method. In the present case, the CVD process is aided by electrical discharges in the ionization of a carrier gas as a way of supplying energy to the process and for this reason it is also known as Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD). This article cites some advantages of the proposed method in the evaluation of it as a possible technique for carbon nanotubes production on a commercial scale. sense, is the electrical conductivity of a CNT that Introduction strongly depends on the crystalline orientation of CNTs are characterized by their unique struc- the carbon network in the CNT itself. tural morphology, as they are made up of cylin- Usually, carbon nanotubes are formed in a ders of nanometric diameters 
TI - Atmospheric Plasma for Carbon Nanotubes Production
JF - International Journal of Astronautics and Aeronautical Engineering
DO - 10.35840/2631-5009/7542
DA - 2020-12-31
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/atmospheric-plasma-for-carbon-nanotubes-production-c9790vTteG
DP - DeepDyve
ER -