Catalyst poisoning by amorphous carbon during carbon nanotube growth: Fact or fiction?

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 8928-8934

  Schünemann, Christoph ^a,b   Schäffel, Franziska ^c   Bachmatiuk, Alicja ^a   Queitsch, Ute ^a   Sparing, Maria ^a   Rellinghaus, Bernd ^a   Lafdi, Khalid ^d   Schultz, Ludwig ^a   Büchner, Bernd ^a   Rümmeli, Mark H ^a,b  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; catalysis; growth factors; nanotubes; synthesis design

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYST SURFACES; CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; GRAPHITIZATION PROCESS; GROWTH FACTOR; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; SYNTHESIS DESIGN; THERMAL CVD;

ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST POISONING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION; NANOTUBES; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 81855177392     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2031066     Document Type: Article

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