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COMPARISON OF THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC MONTMORILLONITES FOR THE GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBES

1 HUBEŇÁK Michal
Co-authors:
1 JESENÁK Karol 2 KADLEČÍKOVÁ Magdaléna 2 KOLMAČKA Michal 2 BREZA Juraj 1 KUCHTA Ľubomír
Institutions:
1 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina CH-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
2 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
Conference:
7th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, October 14th - 16th 2015
Proceedings:
Proceedings 7th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Pages:
122-125
ISBN:
978-80-87294-59-8
ISSN:
2694-930X
Published:
11th January 2016
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

We demonstrate the synthesis of two composites consisting of carbon nanotubes and clay mineral montmorillonite. Synthetic and natural montmorillonites were examined as a matrix for synthesis of carbon nanotubes by hot filament chemical vapour deposition. Synthesis of carbon nanotubes on natural forms of montmorillonite but also on its synthetic form can only be achieved by incorporation of a catalytic phase. We have observed that there is no significant difference between natural and synthetic forms of montmorillonite as for the final carbon phase. In both cases the surface of the mineral is covered by a dense network of carbon nanotubes.

Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, montmorillonite, chemical vapour deposition

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