Correlating electrical resistance to growth conditions for multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Date of this Version
August 2007Citation
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 91, 093105 2007
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Abstract
A correlation between growth temperature and electrical resistance of multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWNTs has been established by measuring the resistance of individual MWNTs grown by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD at 800, 900, and 950 °C. The lowest resistances were obtained mainly from MWNTs grown at 900 °C. The MWNT resistance is larger on average at lower 800 °C and higher 950 °C growth temperatures. The resistance of MWNTs correlated well with other MWNT quality indices obtained from Raman spectra. This study identifies a temperature window for growing higher-quality MWNTs with fewer defects and lower resistance by PECVD.
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