Electrical conduction mechanism in Fe70Pd30 catalyzed multi-walled carbon nanotubes
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are synthesized by the catalytic decomposition of acetylene using low pressure chemical vapour deposition method (LPCVD) at 800 °C and at a chamber pressure of 10 Torr over a supported catalyst film of Fe70Pd30. Morphology of these CNTs is studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). From HRTEM image of these multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), it is clear that these MWNTs do not possess a co-axial cylindrical structure, but are composed of imperfect and broken graphite cylinders of different sizes. The average diameter and length of the nanotubes varies between 20–70 nm and 5–60 μm respectively. Electrical transport measurements of these MWNTs are studied over a temperature range of 298–4.2 K. The results have been interpreted in terms of variable-range hopping (VRH) over the entire temperature range of 298–4.2 K. Three-dimensional variable-range hopping (VRH) is suggested for the temperature range (298–125 K), while two-dimensional VRH is observed for the temperature range (125–4.2 K).
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Graphene research and applications · Thermal properties of materials
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