Multiwall carbon nanotubes from pyrolysis of tetrahydrofuran

Mahanandia, P and Vishwakarma, PN and Nanda, KK and Prasad, V and Subramanyam, SV and Dev, SK and Satyam, PV (2006) Multiwall carbon nanotubes from pyrolysis of tetrahydrofuran. In: Materials Research Bulletin, 41 (12). pp. 2311-2317.

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Abstract

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes have been prepared by pyrolysing tetrahydrofuran (THF) in the presence of nickelocene. Pyrolysis of the precursor mixture has been achieved at temperature as low as $600^o C$. In this simple approach no carrier gas has been used. The yield of purified carbon nanotubes is found to be more than 65 \%. Characterization of the as-prepared and purified nanotubes are done by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectra.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Research Bulletin
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Keywords:	Nanostructures;Vapour deposition
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	21 May 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:45
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/14021

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