Control of the morphology and chemical properties of carbon spheres prepared from glucose by a hydrothermal method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1117-1123

  Li, Min ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Liu, Shouxin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Hydrothermal; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CARBON SPHERES; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN GROUPS; SMOOTH SURFACE; TURBOSTRATIC; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GLUCOSE;

EID: 84862010977     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.447     Document Type: Article

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