Migration of a carbon adatom on a charged single-walled carbon nanotube

Han, Longtao; Krstic, Predrag; Kaganovich, Igor; Car, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.003

Migration of a carbon adatom on a charged single-walled carbon nanotube

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 23:00:00 EST 2017 · Carbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.003· OSTI ID:1353404

Han, Longtao ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; Car, Roberto ^[3]

State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States). Inst. for Advanced Computational Science and Dept. of Material Science and Engineering
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Here we find that negative charges on an armchair single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) can significantly enhance the migration of a carbon adatom on the external surfaces of SWCNTs, along the direction of the tube axis. Nanotube charging results in stronger binding of adatoms to SWCNTs and consequent longer lifetimes of adatoms before desorption, which in turn increases their migration distance several orders of magnitude. These results support the hypothesis of diffusion enhanced SWCNT growth in the volume of arc plasma. This process could enhance effective carbon flux to the metal catalyst.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) (SC-24); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1353404

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1396885

Journal Information:: Carbon, Journal Name: Carbon Journal Issue: C Vol. 116; ISSN 0008-6223

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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