The beneficial effect of CO2 in the low temperature synthesis of high quality carbon nanofibers and thin multiwalled carbon nanotubes from CH4 over Ni catalysts

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 372-384

  Corthals, Steven ^a   Van Noyen, Jasper ^a,c   Geboers, Jan ^a   Vosch, Tom ^a,d   Liang, Duoduo ^b   Ke, Xiaoxing ^b   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^b   Jacobs, Pierre ^a   Sels, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DRY REFORMING; HIGH QUALITY; IN-SITU; LOW TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; NI CATALYSTS; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; THIN MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PEROVSKITE; THERMODYNAMICS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80055065422     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.08.047     Document Type: Article

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