Large-scale and controllable synthesis of metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers and nanocoils over water-soluble Na2CO3

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Qian ^a   Song, Xueyin ^a   Yao, Xiujuan ^a   Qi, Xiaosi ^a,b   Au, Chak Tong ^c   Zhong, Wei ^a   Du, Youwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon materials; Chemical vapor deposition; Nitrogen doped; Water soluble

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NITROGEN; SODIUM CARBONATE;

CARBON MATERIAL; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; WATERSOLUBLE;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84891376764     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-545     Document Type: Article

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