One Step Fabrication of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Sheet via FC-CVD Technique

Table 1

State-of-the-art of CNT sheet synthesis via FC-CVD method.

S. no.	Reactor dimensions (I.D. × length)	Precursors	Precursor flow rate	Gas flow rate	Temperature (°C)	Dimension of film	Alignment	Reference
1.	mm	Xylene (Fe:S 10 : 1)	9 ml/hr	Ar: 2500-3500 sccm; H2: 500 sccm	1100	cm, thickness 10-80 nm	Random	[40]
2	mm	Acetone 3.1 wt%, Fe 0.5 wt% S	12–20 ml/hr	Ar: 100-1000 sccm	1100-1170	cm	Random	[34]
3	—	Methane, ferrocene, thiophene	—	1000-2000 sccm	1100-1200	—	Random	[36]
4.	—	Ethanol, Fe (2.0 wt%), S (1.5 wt%)	9 ml/hr	Ar: 2000 sccm; H2: 1500 sccm	1200-1300	—	—	[22]
5	—	Ethanol, ferrocene, thiophene	9 ml/hr	Ar: 2000 sccm; H2: 2000 sccm	1300	cm	Random	[35]
6	mm	Ethanol, ferrocene, thiophene	120-600 ml/hr	Nitrogen: 32 LPH	1150-1300		Random	[37]
7	50 mm	Methane (30 sccm), ferrocene, sulfur (1 wt%)	—	H2: 4000 sccm	1100	Transparent film	Random	[41]
8	—	Methane, ferrocene, thiophene	—	H2: 1500 sccm	1200	cm	Partially aligned	[42]
9	mm	Ethanol, ferrocene, thiophene	30 ml/hr and 60 ml/hr	Ar: 100 sccm; H2: 100-2400 sccm	1420	—	Random	[38]
10	60 mm	n-Hexane, ethanol, ferrocene, thiophene	60 ml/hr and 120 ml/hr	Nitrogen: 0.5–1 LPM	1300-1500	cm	Partially aligned	[43]