An innovative procedure for large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes by fluidized bed catalytic vapor deposition technique

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-663

  Fakhru'L Razi, A ^a,b   Danafar, Firoozeh ^a   Dayang Radiah, A B ^a   Mohd Salleh, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalytic deposition; Fluidized bed; Large scale up; Open ended; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY SAVING; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; IRON-COBALT; LABORATORY STUDIES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; LARGE SCALE-UP; LOW COSTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MASS PRODUCTION; SCALE-UP; SEM; SYNTHESIS REACTION; TEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; COBALT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHANOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INNOVATION; IRON ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 71949110123     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830903291705     Document Type: Article

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