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A novel form of carbon nitrides: Well-aligned carbon nitride nanotubes and their characterization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

S. L. Sung ,
S. H. Tsai ,
X. W. Liu  and
H. C. Shih
S. L. Sung
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China
S. H. Tsai
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China
X. W. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China
H. C. Shih*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abstract

Well-aligned carbon nitride nanotubes were prepared with a porous alumina membrane as a template when using electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma in a mixture of C2H2 and N2 as the precursor with an applied negative bias to the graphite sample holder. The hollow structure and good alignment of the nanotubes were verified by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Carbon nitride nanotubes were transparent when viewed by transmission electron microscopy, which showed that the nanotubes were hollow with a diameter of about 250 nm and a length of about 50–80 μm. The amorphous nature of the nanotubes was confirmed by the absence of crystalline phases arising from selected-area diffraction patterns. Both Auger electron microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra indicated that these nanotubes are composed of nitrogen and carbon. The total N/C ratio is 0.72, which is considerably higher than other forms of carbon nitrides. No free-carbon phase was observed in the amorphous carbon nitride nanotubes. The absorption bands between 1250 and 1750 cm−1 in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy provided direct evidence for nitrogen atoms, effectively incorporated within the amorphous carbon network. Such growth of well-aligned carbon nitride nanotubes can be controlled by tuning the ECR plasma conditions and the applied negative voltage to the alumina template.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , February 2000 , pp. 502 - 510
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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