Synthesis and characterization of phosphorus-nitrogen doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5014-5021

  Liu, Jian ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Li, Ruying ^a   Liang, Guoxian ^b   Gauthier, Michel ^b   Sun, Xueliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Phostech Lithium Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; CATALYST PARTICLES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; FLOATING CATALYST; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; OUTER DIAMETERS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84860390212     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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