Synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes from bamboo charcoal and the roles of minerals on their growth

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-19

  Zhu, Jiangtao ^a   Jia, Juncai ^a   Kwong, Fung Luen ^a   Ng, Dickon Hang Leung ^a   Tjong, Sie Chin ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bamboo charcoal; Calcium silicate; Carbon nanotube; Chemical vapor deposition; Culm minerals

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHANOL; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; NUCLEATION; SILICATES; SPECTROMETERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; YARN;

BAMBOO CHARCOAL; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; ETHANOL VAPOR; MINERAL PHASIS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID MODEL;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

BAMBOO; CARBON; CATALYST; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ETHANOL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84355166486     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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