Synthesis of tall carpets of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by in situ generation of water vapor through preheating of added oxygen

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4002-4009

  Nessim, Gilbert D ^a   Al Obeidi, Ahmed ^b   Grisaru, Haviv ^a   Polsen, Erik S ^c   Ryan Oliver, C ^c   Zimrin, Tomer ^a   John Hart, A ^c   Aurbach, Doron ^a   Thompson, Carl V ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CNTS; CONTROLLED FLOW; CVD PROCESS; HOT ZONE; HYDROGEN GAS; IN-SITU; MULTISTEP REACTIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PREHEATING;

VAPORS;

EID: 84862763842     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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