Tailoring the structure and nitrogen content of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes by water-assisted growth

Carbon

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-254

  Liu, Shenghua ^a   Zhang, Yongyi ^b   Lin, Yuan ^a   Zhao, Zhigang ^b   Li, Qingwen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBULAR MICROSTRUCTURE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WATER ASSISTED;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84892815383     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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