Invited Paper TF+PS-ThM1
Industrializing Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Water-Assisted CVD

Thursday, November 13, 2014, 8:00 am, Room 307

Since the discovery of the carbon nanotube (CNT) 20 years ago, extensive effort has been made to utilize their exceptional intrinsic properties toward industrial applications. However, availability has significantly thwarted these endeavors. In one section of my presentation, I will describe our efforts toward the economical mass-production of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) based on the water-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique, from which highly efficient synthesis of vertically aligned SWCNTs grow from substrates (SWCNT forests). These SWCNT forests form through the self-assembly of individual SWCNTs when grown in sufficient density and have been shown to be useful templates for various applications from energy device electrodes to MEMS materials due both the continuous nature and high porosity. Further, I will describe the forest, and present a few examples of how we have infiltrated these material to create a new material with enhanced properties.