PRODUCTION METHOD OF CARBON NANOTUBES BY LIQUID STATE METHOD, USING LIQUID HYDROCARBON MATERIALS AS CARBON SOURCES

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided is a method for producing carbon nanotubes at low temperature and low costs in a large quantity through liquid-state reaction by treating liquid hydrocarbon materials as carbon sources under supercritical condition. CONSTITUTION: Carbon nanotubes are produced by the following steps of: (i) putting a mixture of 80-99.999wt.% of hydrocarbon materials, one or more of mixtures selected from saturated hydrocarbon, unsaturated carbon, aromatic hydrocarbon and derivatives thereof, and 0.001-20wt.% of nucleus materials in a high pressure vessel, wherein the nucleus materials are nano-sized metal particles or metal oxides enabling formation of seeds, and the metals are one or more of mixtures selected from transition metals comprising Co, Ni and Fe, precious metals(Pt, Pd), alkali metals and alkali earth metals; (ii) applying pressure of 1-400atm. and 200-800deg.C of temperature to liquid hydrocarbon materials for 1-600min to be in equilibrium between liquid state and vapor state; (iii) cooling reactants(supercritical fluid) at a rate of 0.01-50deg.C/min which is the same as a heating rate; (iv) separating carbon nanotubes from reactants. The resultant carbon nanotubes are applied to field emitters, nano-composites and nano devices.