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Hierarchically Structured Carbon: Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers Nested inside or Immobilized onto Modified Activated Carbon
Author(s) -
Su Dang Sheng,
Chen Xiaowei,
Weinberg Gisela,
KleinHofmann Achim,
Timpe Olaf,
Hamid Sharifah Bee Abd.,
Schlögl Robert
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200500685
Subject(s) - carbon nanofiber , activated carbon , materials science , adsorption , carbon fibers , chemical engineering , carbon nanotube , decomposition , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite number , engineering
Filling in the gaps of activated carbon by chemical vapor decomposition of ethylene results in hierarchically structured carbon with carbon nanofibers (CNFs) nested inside and immobilized on the surface (see picture). The adsorption experiments show that this nanostructuring of carbon creates novel functions on the surface of activated carbon.