Helical carbon nanofibers prepared by pyrolysis of acetylene with a catalyst derived from the decomposition of copper tartrate

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3072-3074

  Qin, Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Zhikun ^a   Cui, Zuolin ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibers; B. Pyrolysis; C. Scanning electron microscopy; D. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYSTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

HELICAL STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0242335750     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00435-4     Document Type: Article

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