Influence of catalyst preparation on synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E92-C, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1421-1426

  Tee, Jia Chee ^a   Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi ^a   Aziz, Madzlan ^a   Soga, Tetsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina supported cobalt ferrum catalysts; Catalyst particle size; Catalyst preparation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT; ENAMELS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; YARN;

ALUMINA-SUPPORTED; CATALYST PARTICLE SIZE; CATALYST PREPARATION; CATALYST PREPARATION METHODS; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 77950394228     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E92.C.1421     Document Type: Article

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