A systematic and comparative study of binary metal catalysts for carbon nanotube fabrication using CVD and laser evaporation

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Jedrzejewska, Anna ^a,b   Bachmatiuk, Alicja ^a   Ibrahim, Imad ^a,c   Šreková, Hana ^a,d   Nganou, Collins ^c,e   Schüchner, Frank ^a   Borowiak Palen, Ewa ^b   Gemming, Thomas ^a   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^c   Büchner, Bernd ^a   Rümmeli, Mark H ^a,c  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Laser ablation; Raman spectroscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BINARY CATALYSTS; BINARY METAL CATALYSTS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; COCATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; LASER EVAPORATION; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GADOLINIUM; HYDROGEN; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84867778252     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2011.613540     Document Type: Article

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