Characterization of single-wall carbon nanotubes by N2 adsorption

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 12-13, 2004, Pages 2375-2383

  Li, Fanxing ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Wang, Dezheng ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; C. Adsorption, BET surface area; D. Microporosity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ISOTHERMS; MICROPOROSITY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PORE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BET SURFACE AREA; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD); TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION (TPO);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 4043109826     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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