The evaluation of the gross defects of carbon nanotubes in a continuous CVD process

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2613-2617

  Qian, Weizhong ^a   Liu, Tang ^a   Wei, Fei ^a   Wang, Zhanwen ^a   Luo, Guohua ^a   Yu, Hao ^a   Li, Zhifei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Chemical vapor deposition; C. Raman spectroscopy; D. Defects

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DECOMPOSITION; ETHYLENE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0141749198     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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