Surface modification and Pt functionalisation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in methanol expanded with supercritical CO2

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 974-979

  Liu, Jun ^a   Ebert, Anthony ^a   Variava, Meherzad F ^a   Dehghani, Fariba ^a   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Fluidised bed; Pt functionalisation; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

ACID PURIFICATION; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; FE CATALYST; FLUIDISED-BED; FUNCTIONALISATION; MONO-SIZED; PROCESSING CONDITION; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT PARTICLE; SEM/EDX; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TEM IMAGES; TUBE WALLS; ULTRASONIC FIELD; WEIGHT LOSS; XRD ANALYSIS;

ACIDS; FLUIDIZATION; METHANOL; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 78649450511     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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