Polypropylene as a carbon source for the synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes via catalytic combustion

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-458

  Jiang, Zhiwei ^a   Song, Rongjun ^a,b   Bi, Wuguo ^a   Lu, Jun ^b   Tang, Tao ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POLYPROPYLENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON SOURCE; CATALYTIC COMBUSTION; ORGANIC-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE (OMMT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33845294775     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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