Direct synthesis of carbon and nitrogen-carbon nanospheres from aromatic hydrocarbons

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 211-216

  Nieto Márquez, Antonio ^a   Espartero, Inmaculada ^a   Lazo, José Carlos ^b   Romero, Amaya ^a   Valverde, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aniline; Benzene; Carbon nanospheres; Nitrobenzene; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON MATRIX; CARBON NANOSPHERE; CARBON NANOSPHERES; CARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS; DIRECT SYNTHESIS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; LATTICE DEFECTS; ON-STREAM; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; TEM; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION;

ANILINE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSPHERES; NEGATIVE IONS; NITROBENZENE; NITROGEN; PYROLYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67651095682     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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