Synthesis of high purity multi-walled carbon nanotubes over Co-Mo/MgO catalyst by the catalytic chemical vapor deposition of methane

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/ New Carbon Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Yeoh, Wei Ming ^a   Lee, Kim Yang ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^b   Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Catalytic chemical vapor deposition; Easily purified catalyst; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHANE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PURIFICATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; YARN;

BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; EASILY PURIFIED CATALYST; HIGH PURITY; MASS RATIO; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; SUPPORTED CO; SYNTHESISED; UNIFORM DIAMETER; ]+ CATALYST;

MAGNESIA;

EID: 67650562570     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1872-5805(08)60041-4     Document Type: Article

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