Pulsed anodic arc discharge for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials
Abstract
Pulsed arc discharges can improve arc control and tailor the ablation process in the production of 1D and 2D nanostructures from carbon anodes. In this work, low-dimensional carbon nanoparticles have been generated by means of anodic arc discharge in helium atmosphere excited with a square-wave modulated signal (1–5 Hz, 10% duty cycle). The discharges were performed between two graphite electrodes with maximal peak current of 250 A and maximal voltage of 65 V. The erosion rates and conversion efficiency of the ablated anode are compared to reference samples grown in DC steady arc mode. Ablation rates in pulsed arcs are typically of the order of 1 mg/s. Combination of fast Langmuir probe diagnostics and optical emission spectroscopy provided plasma parameters of the discharges at the arc column. Ranges of 1016–1017 m-3 for electron density and 0.5–2.0 eV for electron temperature are estimated. The obtained samples were characterized with Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The deposit on the cathode after pulsed arc consisted of carbon nanostructures such as graphene nano-platelets and carbon nanotubes. Erosion dynamics of pulsed arc discharge has been described in terms of a global model and compared to steady arc discharge. A correlation is identified among dischargemore »
- Authors:
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- George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
- George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Tomsk State Univ. of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (Russia)
- Tech-X Corp., Boulder, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Tech-X Corp., Boulder, CO (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1595712
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0015767
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plasma Sources Science and Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1361-6595
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; anodic arc discharge; carbon nanostructures; pulsed power; plasma diagnostics
Citation Formats
Corbella, Carles, Portal, Sabine, Zolotukhin, Denis B., Martinez, Luis, Lin, Li, Kundrapu, Madhusudhan N., and Keidar, Michael. Pulsed anodic arc discharge for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6595/ab123c.
Corbella, Carles, Portal, Sabine, Zolotukhin, Denis B., Martinez, Luis, Lin, Li, Kundrapu, Madhusudhan N., & Keidar, Michael. Pulsed anodic arc discharge for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab123c
Corbella, Carles, Portal, Sabine, Zolotukhin, Denis B., Martinez, Luis, Lin, Li, Kundrapu, Madhusudhan N., and Keidar, Michael. Fri .
"Pulsed anodic arc discharge for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ab123c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595712.
@article{osti_1595712,
title = {Pulsed anodic arc discharge for the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials},
author = {Corbella, Carles and Portal, Sabine and Zolotukhin, Denis B. and Martinez, Luis and Lin, Li and Kundrapu, Madhusudhan N. and Keidar, Michael},
abstractNote = {Pulsed arc discharges can improve arc control and tailor the ablation process in the production of 1D and 2D nanostructures from carbon anodes. In this work, low-dimensional carbon nanoparticles have been generated by means of anodic arc discharge in helium atmosphere excited with a square-wave modulated signal (1–5 Hz, 10% duty cycle). The discharges were performed between two graphite electrodes with maximal peak current of 250 A and maximal voltage of 65 V. The erosion rates and conversion efficiency of the ablated anode are compared to reference samples grown in DC steady arc mode. Ablation rates in pulsed arcs are typically of the order of 1 mg/s. Combination of fast Langmuir probe diagnostics and optical emission spectroscopy provided plasma parameters of the discharges at the arc column. Ranges of 1016–1017 m-3 for electron density and 0.5–2.0 eV for electron temperature are estimated. The obtained samples were characterized with Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The deposit on the cathode after pulsed arc consisted of carbon nanostructures such as graphene nano-platelets and carbon nanotubes. Erosion dynamics of pulsed arc discharge has been described in terms of a global model and compared to steady arc discharge. A correlation is identified among discharge regimes, optical emission patterns and ablation modes. In conclusion, pulsed anodic arc discharge is a very efficient source of carbon nanomaterials. The large control of the discharge characteristics will permit to tailor accurately the production and the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. Here, this deposition method is promising for the fabrication of semiconducting nanomaterials with tuneable electrical and optical properties.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6595/ab123c},
journal = {Plasma Sources Science and Technology},
number = 4,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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