Effects of partial and total methane flows on the yield and structural characteristics of MWCNTs produced by CVD

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 998-1004

  Valles C ^a   Perez Mendoza M ^a   Maser, W K ^a   Martinez M T ^a   Alvarez, L ^b   Sauvajol, J L ^b   Benito, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CIVIL AVIATION; COLLOIDS; GASES; GELATION; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; METHANATION; METHANE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

ARGON GAS; CARBON YIELDS; CARRIER GAS; CHEMICAL VAPORS; FLOW RATIOS; GAS FLOWS; GRAPHITIZATION DEGREES; INERT ATMOSPHERES; METHANE FLOWS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; REDUCING GAS; SOL - GELS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

INERT GASES;

EID: 59649099135     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.11.047     Document Type: Article

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