Amit Goyal - Harrison NJ, US Iqbal Zafar - Morristown NJ, US
Assignee:
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Newark NJ
International Classification:
D01F 9/12 B82B 1/00 B82B 3/00
US Classification:
4234473, 977843, 977750
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for producing carbon nanotubes. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for improved systems and methods for producing single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using a carbon source in the presence of a catalyst. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved systems and methods for producing single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using carbon monoxide (CO) disproportionation in the presence of a catalyst composition on a catalyst support material. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides for systems and methods for producing single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using carbon monoxide (CO) disproportionation with CO pressure from about 0.20 atm to about 1.0 atm in the presence of a cobalt/molybdenum catalyst composition on a magnesium oxide catalyst support.