Mass production of aligned carbon nanotube arrays by fluidized bed catalytic chemical vapor deposition

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1196-1209

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhao, Meng Qiang ^a   Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Nie, Jing Qi ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; AS-GROWN; AS-GROWN PRODUCTS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZATION; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FLOW REGIMES; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GAS VELOCITY; HIGH DENSITY; LOADING AMOUNT; MASS PRODUCTION; METAL PARTICLE; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICULATE FLUIDIZATION; SPACE VELOCITIES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CLAY MINERALS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; PILOT PLANTS;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 74149083623     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.11.043     Document Type: Article

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