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Freestanding macroscopic metal-oxide nanotube films derived from carbon nanotube film templates

He Ma, Yang Wei( ), Jiangtao Wang, Xiaoyang Lin, Wenyun Wu, Yang Wu, Ling Zhang, Peng Liu, Jiaping Wang, Qunqing Li, Shoushan Fan, Kaili Jiang( )
State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum PhysicsDepartment of Physics & Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research CenterTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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Abstract

Aligned carbon nanotube films coated with amorphous carbon were developed into novel templates by atomic layer deposition. Freestanding macroscopic metal-oxide nanotube films were then successfully synthesized by using these templates. The reactive amorphous carbon layer greatly improved the nuclei density, which ensured the high quality of the films and allowed for precise control of the wall thickness of the nanotubes. Using template-synthesized alumina nanotube films, we demonstrate a humidity sensor with a high response speed, a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) grid, and a catalyst support. The cross-stacked assembly, ultrathin thickness, chemical inertness, and high thermal stability of the alumina nanotube films contributed to the excellent performance of these devices. In addition, it is expected that the metal-oxide nanotube films would have significant potential owing to their material richness, macroscopic appearance, flexibility, compatibility with the semiconducting technologies, and the feasibility of mass production.

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metal-oxide nanotube filmatomic layer depositioncarbon nanotubehumidity sensorcatalyst support

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Nano Research
Volume 8 Issue 6,
June 2015
Pages 2024-2032
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0714-1
Cite this article:
Ma H, Wei Y, Wang J, et al. Freestanding macroscopic metal-oxide nanotube films derived from carbon nanotube film templates. Nano Research, 2015, 8(6): 2024-2032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0714-1

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Received: 13 November 2014
Revised: 22 December 2014
Accepted: 03 January 2015
Published: 17 April 2015
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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