Carbon nanostructures grown on 3D silicon carbide foams: Role of intermediate silica layer and metal growth

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-118

  Ganiyu, Saheed A ^a   Muraza, Oki ^a   Hakeem, Abbas S ^a   Alhooshani, Khalid ^a   Atieh, Muataz A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanostructures; CVD; Mesoporous silica films; Metal growth; Silicon carbide foam

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINITY; ETHYLENE; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON CARBIDE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MESOPOROUS SILICA FILM; METAL GROWTH; SILICON CARBIDE FOAM; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC); 3-D SILICONS; MESOPOROUS; SILICA LAYERS;

FOAMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84905682392     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.150     Document Type: Article

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