Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes by the vertical floating catalyst method

The vertical floating catalyst method is first used to produce single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)continuously on a large scale by a newly developed technique and pyrolysis of n-hexane. Diameter distributions, microstructure and purity of the SWNTs film, rope and web are measured by Raman spectroscopy and electron microscope.The results show that SWNTs product has a high degree of orientation, a wide distribution of diameters (0.7-2.0 nm)and high purity of ＞ 80%.``