Japan Science and Technology Agency

Nissin Electric Co., Ltd.

Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.

Osaka Prefecture University Public Corporation

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation

Nobuharu Okazaki

Yoshikazu Nakayama

Takeshi Nagasaka

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Toshiki Goto

Keisuke Shiono

Takashi Okawa

Toshikazu Nosaka

Osamu Suekane

Yugo Higashi

Lujun Pan

A method for synthesizing carbon nanocoils with high efficiency, by determining the structure of carbon nuclei that have been attached to the ends of carbon nanocoils and thus specifying a true catalyst for synthesizing carbon nanocoils is implemented. The catalyst for synthesizing carbon nanocoils according to the present invention is a carbide catalyst that contains at least elements (a transition metal element, In, C) or (a transition metal element, Sn, C), and in particular, it is preferable for the transition metal element to be Fe, Co or Ni. In addition to this carbide catalyst, a metal catalyst of (Fe, Al, Sn) and (Fe, Cr, Sn) are effective. From among these, catalysts such as FeInC, FeInCSnw and FeSnC are particularly preferable. The wire diameter and the coil diameter can be controlled by using a catalyst where any of these catalysts is carried by a porous carrier.

Catalyst for synthesizing carbon nanocoils, synthesizing method of the same, synthesizing method of carbon nanocoils, and carbon nanocoils

A material gas and a catalyst are introduced through a material supplying tube path and a catalyst supplying tube path together with a carrier gas into a reactor equipped on its outer periphery with a heat applicator for thermally decomposing the material gas. The reactor has a convention regulator fitted to the discharge end of the catalyst supplying tube path. The convection regulator covers an edge side of the reactor to regulate gas flow in the reactor so that the flow does not reach the edge side. Due to this, a convection state can be efficiently produced in a reaction region. Consequently, it becomes possible to prevent contamination defect caused by accumulation/adherence of concretion of catalyst, which was generated by aggregation of cooled catalyst in the low-temperature region of the reactor and a decomposition product of the material gas. Thus the efficiency of carbon nanostructure production can be improved.

Production method and production device for carbon nano structure

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