Carbon spheres obtained via citric acid catalysed hydrothermal carbonisation of cellulose

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 546-551

  Zhao, Y ^a   Li, W ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Wang, D P ^a   Liu, S X ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon spheres; Cellulose; Citric acid; Hydrothermal carbonisation

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AROMATIC STRUCTURES; CARBON SPHERES; CARBONISATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; CITRIC ACID; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SPHERES;

EID: 84889593628     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: 1433075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1433075X13Y.0000000108     Document Type: Article

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