Analysis of the Piezoelectric Properties of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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CNT Growth Parameters | CNT Diameter (D), nm | CNT Length (L), μm | Piezoelectric Coefficient (e), C/m2 |
---|---|---|---|
Temperature at a catalytic layer thickness of 15 nm | |||
615 °C | 47 | 31.2 | 0.281 |
630 °C | 56 | 24.7 | 0.289 |
645 °C | 59 | 24.2 | 0.127 |
660 °C | 66 | 20.7 | 0.054 |
675 °C | 58 | 16.9 | 0.05 |
690 °C | 79 | 30.8 | 0.028 |
Catalytic layer thickness Ni at a temperature of 675 °C | |||
5 nm | 62 | 11.3 | 0.021 |
10 nm | 48 | 18.0 | 0.119 |
15 nm | 58 | 16.9 | 0.05 |
20 nm | 63 | 19.6 | 0.033 |
30 nm | 64 | 10.7 | 0.037 |
Mix of catalytic layer thickness and temperature | |||
615 °C, 5 nm | 32 | 8.3 | 0.413 |
630 °C, 10 nm | 44 | 24.2 | 0.244 |
645 °C, 15 nm | 59 | 24.2 | 0.127 |
660 °C, 20 nm | 88 | 22.3 | 0.019 |
690 °C, 30 nm | 92 | 40.5 | 0.297 |
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Il’ina, M.V.; Il’in, O.I.; Rudyk, N.N.; Osotova, O.I.; Fedotov, A.A.; Ageev, O.A. Analysis of the Piezoelectric Properties of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2912. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112912
Il’ina MV, Il’in OI, Rudyk NN, Osotova OI, Fedotov AA, Ageev OA. Analysis of the Piezoelectric Properties of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):2912. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112912
Chicago/Turabian StyleIl’ina, Marina V., Oleg I. Il’in, Nikolay N. Rudyk, Olga I. Osotova, Alexander A. Fedotov, and Oleg A. Ageev. 2021. "Analysis of the Piezoelectric Properties of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 2912. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112912