Pulsed laser heating process of multi-walled carbon nanotubes film

The prepared multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) film was mounted on the holder and the film surface was flashed with a single pulse of Nd:YAG laser (λ = 532 nm) in the air. The dynamics of pulsed nanosecond laser heating process was simulated by the solution of the one-dimensional heat conduction equation. The finite element method (FEM) was applied to solve the equation. At the laser fluence of 1 J/cm2 with Nd:YAG laser, the surface reached the maximum temperature 1503 °C at 13 ns. Moreover, the Raman spectroscopy of MWCNTs films before and after irradiation were measured. The intensity of the two characteristic Raman shifts ID (defect-mode) and IG (graphite-mode) was measured by the Raman spectroscopy. The maximum surface temperature was calculated and compared with the IG/ID ratio of MWCNTs film. The graphitization occurred on the sample after irradiation.