Title
Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Grown By Thermocatalytic Carbonization Of Polyacrylonitrile
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 °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. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication Title
Carbon
Volume
50
Issue
12
Number of Pages
4754-4757
Document Type
Letter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.031
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84863724353 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84863724353
STARS Citation
Duong, Binh; Gangopadhyay, Palash; Seraphin, Supapan; and Thomas, Jayan, "Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Grown By Thermocatalytic Carbonization Of Polyacrylonitrile" (2012). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 5460.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/5460