Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene

Unsupported catalysts show great promise for the production of nanocarbon material. This study aims to investigate the formation of carbon nanofibres from the pyrolysis of acetylene using a non-porous mesh as a catalyst. Our results showed that temperature and total gas flow rate have significant ef...

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Main Authors: Lee, W., Syed-Hassan, Syed, Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46036
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author Lee, W.
Syed-Hassan, Syed
Li, Chun-Zhu
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Li, Chun-Zhu
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description Unsupported catalysts show great promise for the production of nanocarbon material. This study aims to investigate the formation of carbon nanofibres from the pyrolysis of acetylene using a non-porous mesh as a catalyst. Our results showed that temperature and total gas flow rate have significant effects on the formation of carbon nanofibres on the non-porous Ni mesh catalyst. Opposite effects of gas flow rate on the yield of carbon on Ni mesh surface were observed for the pyrolysis of acetylene at low (620 °C) and high (750 °C) temperature. Analysis of carbon nanofibres using scanning electron microscopy, FT-Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis showed that the structural ordering in the produced carbon changed with the yield of carbon.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-460362017-09-13T15:05:24Z Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene Lee, W. Syed-Hassan, Syed Li, Chun-Zhu Unsupported catalysts show great promise for the production of nanocarbon material. This study aims to investigate the formation of carbon nanofibres from the pyrolysis of acetylene using a non-porous mesh as a catalyst. Our results showed that temperature and total gas flow rate have significant effects on the formation of carbon nanofibres on the non-porous Ni mesh catalyst. Opposite effects of gas flow rate on the yield of carbon on Ni mesh surface were observed for the pyrolysis of acetylene at low (620 °C) and high (750 °C) temperature. Analysis of carbon nanofibres using scanning electron microscopy, FT-Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis showed that the structural ordering in the produced carbon changed with the yield of carbon. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46036 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.06.002 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Lee, W.
Syed-Hassan, Syed
Li, Chun-Zhu
Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title_full Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title_fullStr Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title_full_unstemmed Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title_short Formation of carbon on non-porous Ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
title_sort formation of carbon on non-porous ni mesh during the catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46036