The invention relates to the field of fabrication of a high-quality
semiconductor single-walled
carbon nanotube, in particular to a method for directly growing the high-quality
semiconductor single-walled
carbon nanotube through in-situ weak
hydrogen etching. A metallic and small-
diameter single-walled
carbon nanotube can be etched in situ at a certain
reaction temperature by regulating and optimizing a flow of carrier gas, namely
hydrogen and under the conditions of taking dicyclopentadienyl iron as a catalyst precursor,
sulfur powder as a growth
promoter and organic low-carbon
hydrocarbon as a
carbon source; and the high-quality
semiconductor-superior single-walled carbon
nanotube is finally obtained. The content of the semiconductor single-walled carbon
nanotube is greater than or equal to 91wt%, the
diameter distribution is between 1.5nm and 2.5nm, and the highest concentrated oxidation temperature reaches 800 DEG. With the adoption of the method, the massive, fast and low-cost controlled growth of the semiconductor single-walled carbon
nanotube with the narrower
diameter distribution and the high quality is realized, and the problems such as serious damages to a sample due to a strong
etching agent, complexity of a fabrication process, low output and high cost during a selective fabrication course of a conduction-superior single-walled carbon nanotube can be effectively solved.