Synthesis of double-walled carbon nanotubes from coal in hydrogen-free atmosphere

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 282-286

  Qiu, Jieshan ^a   Wang, Zhiyu ^a   Zhao, Zongbin ^a   Wang, Tonghua ^a  

^a Dept of Environ Sci and Technol   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Double walled carbon nanotubes; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARC-DISCHARGE METHOD; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (DWNT); HYDROGEN-FREE ATMOSPHERE; INTERLAYER SPACING; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33846375851     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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