A novel combination of simple foaming and freeze-drying processes for making carbon foam containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 8980-8989

  Farhan, Shameel ^a   Wang, Rumin ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a   Li, Kezhi ^a   Wang, Chuang ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI RAILWAY INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Carbon nanotubes; Foam; High surface area; Supercritical drying

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MACROS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; YARN;

CARBOXYL METHYL CELLULOSE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FREEZE-DRYING PROCESS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POROUS MORPHOLOGY; SUPERCRITICAL DRYING;

FOAMS;

EID: 84977829659     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.01.131     Document Type: Article

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