The role of hydrogen in the aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition process in producing thin and densely packed vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 585-594

  Castro, Celia ^a   Pinault, Mathieu ^a   Porterat, Dominique ^a   Reynaud, Cécile ^a   Mayne L'Hermite, Martine ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC NANOPARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; NUCLEATION SITE DENSITY; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

AEROSOLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANOMETALLICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84879686920     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.05.040     Document Type: Article

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