Low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of multiwall carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1328-1331

  Wang, Wenzhong ^a   Huang, J Y ^a   Wang, D Z ^a   Ren, Z F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Carbon yield; Hydrothermal treatment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON YIELD; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); NAOH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 15844416484     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.12.020     Document Type: Article

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