Optimization of carbon nanotubes synthesis via methane decomposition over alumina-based catalyst

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-284

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

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor deposition; process optimization; raman spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA-BASED CATALYSTS; BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN; CARBON YIELD; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS; DECISIVE PROCESS; DECOMPOSITION OF METHANE; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; HORIZONTAL REACTORS; METAL LOADINGS; METHANE DECOMPOSITION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM PARAMETER SET; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS VARIABLES; RAMAN SPECTRUM; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SURFACE; STATISTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77954245684     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363831003782999     Document Type: Article

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