Improved graphitization and electrical conductivity of suspended carbon nanofibers derived from carbon nanotube/polyacrylonitrile composites by directed electrospinning

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1753-1761

  Maitra, Tanmoy ^a   Sharma, Swati ^b   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Cho, Yoon Kyoung ^b   Madou, Marc ^b,c   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SHEETS; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPLATING EFFECTS; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAPHITE; PYROLYSIS;

GRAPHITIZATION;

EID: 84856726394     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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