Chirality pure carbon nanotubes: Growth, sorting, and characterization

F Yang, M Wang, D Zhang, J Yang, M Zheng… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been attracting tremendous attention
owing to their structure (chirality) dependent outstanding properties, which endow them with …

Direct conversion of methane to value-added chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts: challenges and prospects

P Schwach, X Pan, X Bao - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The quest for an efficient process to convert methane efficiently to fuels and high value-
added chemicals such as olefins and aromatics is motivated by their increasing demands …

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition and their applications

PX Hou, F Zhang, L Zhang, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (FCCVD) has been one of the most important
techniques for the synthesis of high‐quality single‐, double‐, and multi‐wall carbon …

Continuously processing waste lignin into high-value carbon nanotube fibers

F Liu, Q Wang, G Zhai, H **ang, J Zhou, C Jia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High value utilization of renewable biomass materials is of great significance to the
sustainable development of human beings. For example, because biomass contains large …

Solution-processed transparent electrodes for emerging thin-film solar cells

Y Zhang, SW Ng, X Lu, Z Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed solar cells are appealing because of the low manufacturing cost, the
good compatibility with flexible substrates, and the ease of large-scale fabrication. Whereas …

Current understanding of the growth of carbon nanotubes in catalytic chemical vapour deposition

V Jourdain, C Bichara - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to its higher degree of control and its scalability, catalytic chemical vapour deposition is
now the prevailing synthesis method of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic chemical vapour …

Recent progress on the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes: a review

JP Tessonnier, DS Su - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tremendous progress has been achieved during the past 20 years on not only improving
the yields of carbon nanotubes and move progressively towards their mass production, but …

The use of different metal catalysts for the simultaneous production of carbon nanotubes and hydrogen from pyrolysis of plastic feedstocks

JC Acomb, C Wu, PT Williams - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
Nickel, iron, cobalt and copper catalysts were prepared by impregnation and used to
produce carbon nanotubes and hydrogen gas from a LDPE feedstock. A two stage catalytic …

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 …

Why carbon nanotubes grow

LP Ding, B McLean, Z Xu, X Kong… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite three decades of intense research efforts, the most fundamental question “why do
carbon nanotubes grow?” remains unanswered. In fact, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) should …