Conversion of lignin precursors to carbon fibers with nanoscale graphitic domains

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2002-2010

  Chatterjee, Sabornie ^a   Jones, Eric B ^b   Clingenpeel, Amy C ^c   McKenna, Amy M ^d   Rios, Orlando ^b   McNutt, Nicholas W ^e   Keffer, David J ^e   Johs, Alexander ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fibers; Carbon materials; Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance; Lignin; Neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ANODES; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; MELT SPINNING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWOODS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON MATRIX; CARBON MATERIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; LOW-TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING;

LIGNIN;

ANODES; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; LIGNINS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 84905595219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500189p     Document Type: Article

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