Recent advancement of nanostructured carbon for energy applications

Z Yang, J Ren, Z Zhang, X Chen, G Guan, L Qiu… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Wood fuel was the main energy source before the 18th century, and then coal started to
dominate the energy component since the invention of steam engine in the industrial …

Horizontally aligned carbon nanotube arrays: growth mechanism, controlled synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

R Zhang, Y Zhang, F Wei - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted worldwide research interest in the past two
decades owing to their extraordinary properties and wide applications in numerous fields …

Growth of half-meter long carbon nanotubes based on Schulz–Flory distribution

R Zhang, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, H **e, W Qian, F Wei - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Schulz–Flory distribution is a mathematical function that describes the relative ratios of
polymers of different length after a polymerization process, based on their relative …

Carbon nanotube mass production: principles and processes

Q Zhang, JQ Huang, MQ Zhao, WZ Qian… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our society requires new materials for a sustainable future, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
are among the most important advanced materials. This Review describes the state‐of‐the …

Directed and on‐demand alignment of carbon nanotube: a review toward 3D printing of electronics

GL Goh, S Agarwala, WY Yeong - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are 1D nanostructured materials with unique mechanical, optical,
and electrical properties which can be potentially exploited for fabricating wide variety of …

Low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes–A review

M Ahmad, SRP Silva - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained much interest from academia and industry due to
their unique properties that include high electrical and thermal conductivity, high mechanical …

Universal avenue to metal-transition metal carbide grafted N-doped carbon framework as efficient dual Mott-Schottky electrocatalysts for water splitting

G Raj, D Das, B Sarkar, S Biswas, KK Nanda - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbides (TMCs) have gained considerable attention as a non-precious
multifunctional, highly active, stable electrocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction …

Synthesis of ultralong carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh yields

Q Jiang, F Wang, R Li, B Li, N Wei, N Gao, H Xu… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultralong carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are in huge demand in many cutting-edge fields due to
their macroscale lengths, perfect structures, and extraordinary properties, while their …

Floating Bimetallic Catalysts for Growing 30 cm‐Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High Yields and Uniformity

Q Jiang, Y Wu, F Wang, P Zhu, R Li, Y Zhao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ultralong carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered as promising candidates for many
cutting‐edge applications. However, restricted by the extremely low yields of ultralong CNTs …

Controlled synthesis of ultralong carbon nanotubes with perfect structures and extraordinary properties

R Zhang, Y Zhang, F Wei - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have drawn intensive research interest in the past
25 years due to their excellent properties and wide applications. Ultralong CNTs refers to the …