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Synthesis of Carbon Nanospheres From Vanadium β-Diketonate Catalyst

2011; Elsevier BV; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1452-3981(23)15032-2

ISSN

1452-3981

Autores

Silindile Nomathemba. Ndwandwe, Patrick Ngoy Tshibangu, Ezekiel Dixon Dikio,

Tópico(s)

Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Resumo

Carbon nanospheres (CNS) were synthesized using bis(acaetylacetonato)oxovanadium(IV) as catalyst precursor in a traditional chemical vapor deposition (CVD) carbon nanotube synthetic reactor. The as-prepared products were characterized with Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, High resolution transmission electron microscopy, (HR-TEM), Thermogravimetric analysis, (TGA), Powder X-ray diffraction, (PXRD) and Energy dispersive spectroscopy, (EDS). All indicate the presence of carbon nanospheres with uniform diameter, together with small amounts of carbon nanotubes and amorphous carbon.

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