Growth of carbon nanocoils from K and Ag cooperative bicatalyst assisted thermal decomposition of acetylene

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4149-4157

  Liu, Wen Chih ^a   Lin, Huang Kai ^a   Chen, Yu Liang ^a   Lee, Chi Young ^b   Chiu, Hsin Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag catalyst; carbon nanocoils; electrochemical surface area; field emission; K catalyst; vapor liquid solid growth

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FORCE; AG CATALYSTS; AG NANOPARTICLE; CARBON NANOCOILS; CARRIER GAS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; EMITTED ELECTRON; FIELD EMISSION PROPERTY; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GEOMETRIC SURFACE AREA; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HOT-WALL REACTORS; IN-FIELD; LIQUID PHASE; NANO-SIZED; NANOCOILS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SI SUBSTRATES; SOLID-STATE CARBON; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; TURN-ON FIELD; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH MECHANISM;

ACETYLENE; AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION; LIGHTING; LIQUIDS; PYROLYSIS; SILVER; VAPORS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; POTASSIUM; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77955548674     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901926r     Document Type: Article

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