The invention relates to a method for continuously preparing a single-walled
carbon nanotube, which comprises the following steps of: uniformly mixing organic
metal and a growth
promoter in proportion to form a catalyst, adding the catalyst into a dust spraying device, connecting each
gas pipeline and a preheating furnace inlet, connecting an outlet of the preheating furnace with a
vertical tube furnace, and sealing the whole device; firstly introducing
inert gas to remove air, then preheating the furnace, and heating the
vertical tube furnace; after the temperature is stable, the
injection device injects a catalyst into the preheating furnace, the preheating furnace and the
vertical tube furnace are kept at the constant temperature, and the single-walled carbon nanotubes continuously grow; after the catalyst is consumed, stopping
gas supply, turning off a power supply, and taking a sample at
room temperature. The catalyst is fully preheated before entering a vertical
tube furnace, and the reaction activity of the catalyst reaches the highest; the temperature in the furnace chamber of the reactor is constant, organic gas is fully contacted with a catalyst, carrier gas and reducing gas and is uniformly heated, and continuous growth of the carbon nanotubes is facilitated; the
energy consumption is low, the occupied area is small, the operation is simple,
continuous production can be realized, the productivity is high, the length-
diameter ratio is large, the G / D value is large, and the specific surface area is large.