Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with tunable structure and high yield produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7837-7844

  Liu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Ionescu, Mihnea Ioan ^a   Li, Ruying ^a   Sun, Xueliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Nitrogen doping; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DOPING (ADDITIVES); FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

BAMBOO LIKE STRUCTURE; INTENSITY RATIO; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; NANOTUBE GROWTH; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; NITROGEN-DOPING; ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 79957475686     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.04.041     Document Type: Article

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