Controllable and large-scale synthesis of metal-free carbon nanofibers and carbon nanocoils over water-soluble NaxKy catalysts

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 646-658

  Qi, Xiaosi ^a,b   Zhong, Wei ^a   Yao, Xiujuan ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Ding, Qian ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Deng, Yu ^a   Au, Chaktong ^c   Du, Youwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOCOILS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH PURITY; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; MOLAR RATIO; NANO-CARBON MATERIAL; PRODUCT YIELDS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS;

ACETYLENE; CARBON NANOFIBERS; PYROLYSIS; SODIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 80055080496     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.08.076     Document Type: Article

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