H Yokomichi et al 2005 Nanotechnology 16 1204 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/16/8/038
Room temperature synthesis of nano-carbons using an electrochemical technique of organic solution
H Yokomichi1, F Sakai2, M Ichihara2 and N Kishimoto3
Show affiliationsRoom temperature synthesis of nano-carbons, i.e., whiskers, wires, onions and tubes, has been achieved by an electrochemical process under a liquid phase of organic solution with a metal catalyst. The electrochemical method supplies athermal energy to the reactants contrary to ordinary methods, i.e., this method creates nano-carbons directly transferring electrons at the electrode in the condensed phase, and the temperature does not increase during the synthesis. The nano-carbons with various structures were obtained by using C2H5OH with 
solution under a high electric field. The metal catalyst plays an important role in the nano-carbon growth in the present method, in a similar way to the usual methods. By virtue of the low temperature synthesis, this technique has great advantages in nano-scale interconnections and large area field emission cathodes of nano-carbons in next-generation devices on a thermally unstable substrate.
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Issue 8 (August 2005)
Received 15 December 2004, in final form 22 March 2005
Published 20 May 2005
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