Title

Multiwall carbon nanotubes grown by thermocatalytic carbonization of polyacrylonitrile

Authors

Authors

B. Duong; P. Gangopadhyay; S. Seraphin;J. Thomas

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Carbon

Keywords

POLYMER; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

A method is reported for the growth of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using polyacrylonitrile as a solid carbon source and nanosized SiO2 particles as catalyst. The nanotubes were grown either on a Si substrate or as a freestanding film at temperatures as low as 800 degrees C. The smallest measured inner diameter of the resultant MWCNTs is about 0.6 nm and therefore this method provides a new direction to prepare MWCNTs with very small inner diameter from solid carbon source. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Carbon

Volume

50

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.031

Language

English

First Page

4754

Last Page

4757

WOS Identifier

WOS:000307206600054

ISSN

0008-6223

Recommended Citation

"Multiwall carbon nanotubes grown by thermocatalytic carbonization of polyacrylonitrile" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2506.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2506