Coal as a carbon source for carbon nanotube synthesis

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2679-2690

  Moothi, Kapil ^a,b   Iyuke, Sunny E ^a,b   Meyyappan, M ^c,d   Falcon, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ARC DISCHARGE; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS); CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COMPLEX FACTORS; HIGH PURITY; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROCARBON GAS; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; MASS PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR SOLID; MULTI-WALLED; SOLID CARBON; THERMAL PLASMA JETS;

CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACITE;

EID: 84859590325     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.02.048     Document Type: Review

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