The role of water vapor in carbon nanotube formation via water-assisted chemical vapor deposition of methane

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1504-1511

  Lee, Kim Yang ^a   Yeoh, Wei Ming ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^b   Ichikawa, Satoshi ^c   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Carbon yield; Catalyst lifetime; Catalytic activity; Water assisted chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

CAP STRUCTURE; CARBON YIELD; CATALYST LIFETIME; DECOMPOSITION OF METHANE; EFFECT OF WATER; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; NANOTUBE FORMATION; QUARTZ TUBE REACTORS; ROLE OF WATER; WATER VAPOR SUPPLY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT COMPOUNDS; METHANE;

VAPORS;

EID: 84862806224     PISSN: 1226086X     EISSN: 22345957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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