Enhancement of H2 and CH4 adsorptivities of single wall carbon nanotubes produced by mixed acid treatment

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-617

  Kim, Dong Young ^a   Yang, Cheol Min ^a   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^a   Ohba, Tomonori ^a   Kanoh, Hirofumi ^a   Kaneko, Katsumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FIELD EMISSION; MICROPOROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MIXED ACID TREATMENT; NARROW MICROPORES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 40849139080     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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