The invention discloses a floating
vapor phase growth method and device for a single-walled
carbon nanotube, and application of the floating
vapor phase growth method and device. The floating
vapor phase growth method comprises the following steps: forming a
nickel-
titanium alloy catalytic core in a first channel, and forming
carbon atom gas in a second channel; the
nickel-
titanium alloy catalyst core and the
nickel-
titanium alloy catalyst core meet each other and grow to form a single-walled
carbon nanotube, and the nickel-
titanium alloy catalyst core has a close-packed hexagonal lattice structure. The nickel-
titanium alloy with a close-packed hexagonal structure is used as a catalytic core and corresponds to a six-membered ring
carbon atom structure in the single-walled
carbon nanotube, rapid growth of the single-walled carbon
nanotube can be selectively initiated, formation of a double-walled carbon
nanotube or even a multi-walled carbon
nanotube is inhibited, and the catalytic performance of the single-walled carbon nanotube is improved. And finally, a single-walled carbon nanotube product with high yield, high purity and high
crystallinity is obtained. Besides, carbon nanotubes with different characteristics can be formed when different carbon sources are matched, so that the proportion of
metal and
semiconductor in the product can be adjusted by adjusting the category of the carbon sources, and carbon nanotube products with different conductive characteristics can be obtained in a targeted manner.