Abstract:
Provided is a production apparatus (100) for continuously producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates on a substrate supporting a catalyst while continuously transferring the substrate. The production apparatus (100) includes gas mixing prevention means (12, 13) for preventing gas present outside a growth furnace (3a) from flowing into the growth furnace (3a). The gas mixing prevention means (12, 13) includes: a seal gas ejection section (12b, 13b) for ejecting a seal gas along opening planes of (i) an opening of the growth furnace (3a) through which opening a catalyst substrate (10) is transferred into the growth furnace (3a) and (ii) an opening of the growth furnace (3a) through which opening the catalyst substrate (10) is transferred out of the growth furnace (3a); and an exhaust section (12a, 13a) for sucking and exhausting the seal gas out of the production apparatus (100), so that the seal gas does not flow into the growth furnace (3a) through the openings of the growth furnace (3a). The production apparatus (100) prevents the outside air from flowing into the production apparatus (100), uniformly controls, within a range suitable to production of CNTs, a concentration distribution(s) and a flow rate distribution(s) of a raw material gas and/or a catalyst activation material on the substrate, and does not disturb gas flow as much as possible in the growth furnace (3a).
Abstract:
A substrate of the present invention for producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates on a surface thereof is a substrate for producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates on a surface thereof, the substrate for producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates including: a metal base substrate; and carburizing prevention layers formed on both front and back surfaces of the metal base substrate, respectively.
Abstract:
A production method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: providing a catalyst support layer by applying, to a substrate, a catalyst support layer coating agent obtained by dissolving in an organic solvent (i) an organometallic compound containing aluminum and/or a metal salt containing aluminum and (ii) a stabilizer for inhibiting a condensation polymerization reaction of the organometallic compound and/or the metal salt; providing a catalyst formation layer by applying, to the catalyst support layer, a catalyst formation layer coating agent obtained by dissolving in an organic solvent (a) an organometallic compound containing iron and/or a metal salt containing iron and (b) a stabilizer for inhibiting a condensation polymerization reaction of the organometallic compound and/or the metal salt; and growing an aligned carbon nanotube aggregate on the substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).