Tuning the nitrogen content and surface properties of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized using a nitrogen-containing ferrocenyl derivative and ethylbenzoate

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1187-1200

  Ombaka, Lucy M ^a   Ndungu, Patrick G ^a   Nyamori, Vincent O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOLUENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FERROCENYL DERIVATIVES; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; SURFACE ENERGY ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84925534571     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8675-4     Document Type: Article

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