Preparation of high purity helical carbon nanofibers by the catalytic decomposition of acetylene and their growth mechanism

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4535-4541

  Jian, Xian ^a   Jiang, Man ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a   Yang, Mingli ^b   Lu, Jun ^a   Hu, Shuchun ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Hui, David ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE GAS; ADSORBABILITIES; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COORDINATION POLYMERIZATION; COPPER CRYSTALS; COPPER NANOCRYSTALS; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; COPPER TARTRATE; CRYSTAL PLANES; CU SURFACES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIFFERENT PLANES; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FIBER GROWTH; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HELICAL CARBON NANOFIBER; HIGH PURITY; INTERACTION MODES; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; SEM AND TEM;

ACETYLENE; ADSORPTION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMISORPTION; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NANOFIBERS;

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EID: 77957164130     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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