Material and energy intensity of fullerene production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2353-2359

  Anctil, Annick ^a   Babbitt, Callie W ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne P ^b   Landi, Brian J ^a,c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICALS; C70 FULLERENES; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COMMERCIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY INTENSITY; FULLERENE PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONALIZATION PROCESS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; INVENTORY ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; METHYL ESTERS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMA METHODS; PROCESSING EFFECTS; PRODUCTION METHODS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERS; LIFE CYCLE; NAPHTHALENE; PRODUCTION; PURIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

FULLERENES;

(1 BUTYLAMINO 3 METHYLBUTYL)(1 PYRROLIDINYL) KETONE; [6,6] PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FULLERENE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FULLERENE; LIFE CYCLE; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOSEPARATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY YIELD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PURIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FULLERENES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79953887798     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103860a     Document Type: Article

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