Ni3C-assisted growth of carbon nanofibres 300 °c by thermal CVD

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 32, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Bowen ^a   Wang, Shiliang ^a,b   Zhang, Qiankun ^a   He, Yuehui ^a   Huang, Han ^b   Zou, Jin ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibres; low temperature; nickel carbide; thermal chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOFIBRES; CATALYTIC GROWTH; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; LOW TEMPERATURES; NICKEL CARBIDE; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

NICKEL;

EID: 84904992273     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/32/325602     Document Type: Article

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