Preparation of carbon microcoils by catalytic decomposition of acetylene using nickel foam as both catalyst and substrate

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1874-1878

  Chen, Yong ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Du, Jin Hong ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon microcoils; Electron microscopy; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CATALYSTS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAMS; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON MICROCOILS; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; NICKEL FOAM;

CARBON;

EID: 21244497859     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.02.034     Document Type: Article

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