Towards the large scale production of fullerenes and nanotubes by solar energy

International Solar Energy Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 485-492

  Guillard, Tony ^a   Flamant, Gilles ^a   Laplaze, Daniel ^b   Robert, Jean François ^a   Rivoire, Bruno ^a   Giral, Joseph ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ARCS; FULLERENES; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VAPORIZATION;

CARRIER GAS; ELECTRIC ARC ABLATION; SOLAR FLUX;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0348223564     PISSN: 15468402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/sed2001-165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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