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Controllable Preparation and Application Exploration of Carbon Nanotubes and Composites

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2024) | Viewed by 2229

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Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
Interests: growth and characterization of carbon nanotubes and their derivatives; carbon nanotube-based membrane electrocatalysts; preparation and characterization of metal nanoparticles

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: controlled synthesis and assembly of carbon nanomaterials for emerging applications
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
Interests: single wall carbon nanotubes; powder metallurgy; CNT reinforced metallic composites

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are helical cylinders of graphitic carbon that possess a quasi-one-dimensional structure having diameters down to a few nanometers. Over the past three decades, CNTs and their composites have been a focus of nanomaterial research due to their outstanding physicochemical properties and wide range of potential applications. This special issue of Materials on“Controllable Preparation and Application Exploration of Carbon Nanotubes and Composites” will focus on the most recent innovations in controlled synthesis and their applications in, but not limited to, electronic devices, energy storage and conversion, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, structurally reinforced composites, sensors, adsorption, and catalysis. Review articles and research papers are highly desired to be submitted before the deadline.

Dr. Feng Zhang
Dr. Zhenxing Zhu
Dr. Min Cheng
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • carbon nanotubes
  • composites
  • fibers
  • films
  • devices
  • catalysts
  • synthesis

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Defect-Induced Efficient Heteroepitaxial Growth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes @ Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films
by Changping Yu, Lili Zhang, Gang Zhou, Feng Zhang, Zichu Zhang, Anping Wu, Pengxiang Hou, Huiming Cheng and Chang Liu
Materials 2023, 16(5), 1864; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16051864 - 24 Feb 2023
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Carbon nanotube-based derivatives have attracted considerable research interest due to their unique structure and fascinating physicochemical properties. However, the controlled growth mechanism of these derivatives remains unclear, and the synthesis efficiency is low. Herein, we proposed a defect-induced strategy for the efficient heteroepitaxial [...] Read more.
Carbon nanotube-based derivatives have attracted considerable research interest due to their unique structure and fascinating physicochemical properties. However, the controlled growth mechanism of these derivatives remains unclear, and the synthesis efficiency is low. Herein, we proposed a defect-induced strategy for the efficient heteroepitaxial growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)@hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) films. Air plasma treatment was first performed to generate defects on the wall of SWCNTs. Then, atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition was conducted to grow h-BN on the surface of SWCNTs. Controlled experiments combined with first-principles calculations revealed that the induced defects on the wall of SWCNTs function as nucleation sites for the efficient heteroepitaxial growth of h-BN. Full article
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