SBIR Phase I: Commercial Combustion Synthesis of Homogeneous Lots of Carbon Nanotubes

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在证明将含碳原料转化为明确定义的碳纳米管的成本和能源效率的技术和商业可行性。拟议的工作将包括a）在预混火焰中与添加到初始进料气体中的催化剂前体高产量合成碳纳米管的概念的证明和B）碳纳米管和实验的产量和特性之间的相关性的建立。结果将提供定性的洞察力的形成机制（S），而动力学建模将有助于确定优化的操作条件。碳纳米管独特的电学、机械和化学性质使其具有广泛的应用。它们中的一些，例如它们在平板显示器中用作场致发射体，正在接近市场成熟，而目前缺乏廉价的定义明确的碳纳米管供应。预计拟议工作的结果将对实现碳纳米管的技术和商业潜力产生重大影响。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project intends to demonstrate the technical and commercial feasibility of cost- and energy-efficient conversion of carbon-containing feedstocks to well- defined carbon nanotubes. The proposed work will include a) the proof of concept of high-yield synthesis of carbon nanotubes in premixed flames with catalyst precursors added to the initial feed gas and b) the establishment of correlations between yields and characteristics of carbon nanotubes and experimental. Results will provide qualitative insight in the formation mechanism(s) whereas kinetic modeling will assist in the identification of optimized operating conditions. The unique electrical, mechanical and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes allow for a large range of applications. Some of them, such as their use as field emitters in flat panel displays, are approaching market maturity while an inexpensive supply of well-defined carbon nanotubes is currently missing. Results of the proposed work are expected to have a significant impact on the achievement of the technological and commercial potential of carbon nanotubes.