Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology

Copyright © 2015 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.Carbon nanotubes (CNFs) were produced by gas phase single stage microwave assisted chemical vapour deposition (MA-CVD) using ferrocene as a catalyst and acetylene (C2H2) and hydrogen (H2) as precursor gases. The effect of the proces...

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Main Authors: Mujawar, Mubarak, Abdullah, E., Sahu, J., Jayakumar, N., Ganesan, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Scientific Publishers 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51591
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author Mujawar, Mubarak
Abdullah, E.
Sahu, J.
Jayakumar, N.
Ganesan, P.
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Abdullah, E.
Sahu, J.
Jayakumar, N.
Ganesan, P.
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description Copyright © 2015 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.Carbon nanotubes (CNFs) were produced by gas phase single stage microwave assisted chemical vapour deposition (MA-CVD) using ferrocene as a catalyst and acetylene (C2H2) and hydrogen (H2) as precursor gases. The effect of the process parameters such as microwave power, radiation time, and gas ratio of C2H2/H2 was investigated. The CNFs were characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Results reveal that the optimized conditions for CNF production were 1000 W reaction power, 35 min radiation time, and 0.8 gas ratio of C2H2/H2. TEM analyses revealed that the uniformly dispersed CNFs diameters ranging from 115-131 nm. The TGA analysis showed that the purity of CNF produced was 93%.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-515912017-09-13T15:35:35Z Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology Mujawar, Mubarak Abdullah, E. Sahu, J. Jayakumar, N. Ganesan, P. Copyright © 2015 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.Carbon nanotubes (CNFs) were produced by gas phase single stage microwave assisted chemical vapour deposition (MA-CVD) using ferrocene as a catalyst and acetylene (C2H2) and hydrogen (H2) as precursor gases. The effect of the process parameters such as microwave power, radiation time, and gas ratio of C2H2/H2 was investigated. The CNFs were characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Results reveal that the optimized conditions for CNF production were 1000 W reaction power, 35 min radiation time, and 0.8 gas ratio of C2H2/H2. TEM analyses revealed that the uniformly dispersed CNFs diameters ranging from 115-131 nm. The TGA analysis showed that the purity of CNF produced was 93%. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51591 10.1166/jnn.2015.10492 American Scientific Publishers restricted
spellingShingle Mujawar, Mubarak
Abdullah, E.
Sahu, J.
Jayakumar, N.
Ganesan, P.
Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title_full Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title_fullStr Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title_full_unstemmed Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title_short Mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
title_sort mass production of carbon nanofibers using microwave technology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51591