Boron-carbon nanotubes from the pyrolysis of $C_{2}H_{2}-B_{2}H_{6}$ mixtures

Satishkumar, BC and Govindaraj, A and Harikumar, KR and Zhang, Jin-Ping and Cheetham, AK and Rao, CNR (1999) Boron-carbon nanotubes from the pyrolysis of $C_{2}H_{2}-B_{2}H_{6}$ mixtures. In: Chemical Physics Letters, 300 (3-4). pp. 473-477.

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Abstract

Boron-doped carbon nanotubes have been prepared by the pyrolysis of acetylene-diborane mixtures in a stream of helium and hydrogen. The nanotubes so obtained have compositions around C35B. The presence of boron favours nanotube formation and the boron content does not vary with the depth. Considering that the nitrogen-doped nanotubes, reported recently (Chem. Phys. Lett. 287 (1997) 671) have the average composition C35N, it may be possible to use a combination of these p-type and n-type nanotubes for certain applications. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemical Physics Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier Science BV
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science BV.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2009 11:09
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2013 06:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18044

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