The use of aliphatic alcohol chain length to control the nitrogen type and content in nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 316-325

  Bepete, George ^a   Tetana, Zikhona N ^a   Lindner, Susi ^b   Rümmeli, Mark H ^b   Chiguvare, Zivayi ^a   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CHAIN LENGTH; ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; MOLECULAR NITROGEN; N CONTENT; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; NITROGEN INCORPORATION; NITROGEN SPECIES; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN SOURCES; PRECURSOR MIXTURE; PYRIDINIC NITROGEN; QUATERNARY NITROGENS; REACTANT MIXTURES; XPS ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHAIN LENGTH; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MIXTURES;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84869491529     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.09.033     Document Type: Article

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