Lignin-based carbon fibers: Carbon nanotube decoration and superior thermal stability

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-102

  Xu, Xuezhu ^a   Zhou, Jian ^b   Jiang, Long ^a   Lubineau, Gilles ^b   Payne, Scott A ^c   Gutschmidt, David ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIGNIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

CARBON FIBER PRECURSORS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM CATALYST; PYROLYZING; RESIDUAL WEIGHT; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBE FURNACES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 85027949441     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.042     Document Type: Article

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