Effects of boron-doping and heat-treatment on the electrical resistivity of carbon nanohorn-aggregates

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 766-772

  Harada, Manabu ^a   Inagaki, Takayuki ^a   Bandow, Shunji ^a   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION;

ARC-VAPORIZATION; BORON ATOMS; BORON-DOPING; CARBON NANOHORN-AGGREGATES;

BORON;

EID: 41549156355     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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