Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials through up-cycling agricultural and municipal solid wastes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2922-2930

  Zhuo, Chuanwei ^a   Alves, Joner O ^a,b,c   Tenorio, Jorge A S ^b   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Aperam South America ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS WASTES; CORN RESIDUES; NANO-MANUFACTURING; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; POSTCONSUMER POLYETHYLENE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCRAP TIRES; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE;

BOTTLES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFLUENTS; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON;

EID: 84857377643     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202711h     Document Type: Article

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