Increase in the yield of (and selective synthesis of large-diameter) single-walled carbon nanotubes through water-assisted ethanol pyrolysis

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 309, Issue , 2014, Pages 419-427

  Ren, Fang ^a   Kanaan, Stacy A ^a   Majewska, Magdalena M ^a   Keskar, Gayatri D ^a   Azoz, Seyla ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Haller, Gary L ^a   Chen, Yuan ^b   Pfefferle, Lisa D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Co MCM 41; Cobalt oxide; Ethanol pyrolysis; Increase in yield; Large diameter carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CO-MCM-41; COBALT OXIDES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; INCREASE IN YIELD; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; COBALT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ETHANOL;

EID: 84888112616     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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