The invention discloses a preparation method of a single-walled
carbon nanotube, which comprises the following steps: (1) annealing a
quartz substrate to obtain a pretreated substrate; (2) putting a catalyst precursor and an
accelerant into the pretreated substrate, putting the pretreated substrate into a constant-temperature area of a tubular furnace, introducing protective gas, raising the temperature to 600-800 DEG C in the
atmosphere of the protective gas, and keeping the constant temperature for 6-10 minutes; (3)
hydrogen is preheated, the preheated
hydrogen is introduced into the tubular furnace, the temperature is increased to 800-1000 DEG C, and heat preservation is conducted for 6-10 min; and (4) preheating the
carbon source gas, introducing the
carbon source gas into the tubular furnace, preserving heat for 20-30 minutes at the temperature of 800-1000 DEG C, stopping conveying the
hydrogen and the
carbon source gas, cooling to 180-220 DEG C, stopping conveying the protective gas, introducing air, cooling, and collecting a product to obtain the single-walled
carbon nanotube. According to the preparation method of the single-walled
carbon nanotube, the
tube diameter of the single-walled carbon
nanotube is 1-3 nm, the carbon yield is larger than 12%, the single-walled carbon
nanotube can be produced in batches, and the single-walled carbon
nanotube is used for preparing carbon nanotube
conductive paste.