TY - JOUR
T1 - Carbon nanospheres produced in an arc-discharge process
AU - Qiao, W. M.
AU - Song, Y.
AU - Lim, S. Y.
AU - Hong, S. H.
AU - Yoon, S. H.
AU - Mochida, I.
AU - Imaoka, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
A part of this study was supported by “Nanotechnology Support Project” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. This study was carried out within the framework of CREST program, too. The present authors acknowledge the financial support of Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST).
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from used bottles was decomposed in an arc-discharge furnace to produce carbon nanomaterials. It was observed that the solid products, named as spherical nanocarbons, have a yield of 15%, based on the weight of PET. Ultrasonic disperions of as-prepared carbon nanospheres in acetone provided an image of dispersible carbon nanospheres with a diameter of ca, 100 nm. The carbon nanospheres could be expected to be applied as catalyst support, carrier for GC column, electrodic material for lithium ion battery, and electrically conductive fillers.
AB - Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from used bottles was decomposed in an arc-discharge furnace to produce carbon nanomaterials. It was observed that the solid products, named as spherical nanocarbons, have a yield of 15%, based on the weight of PET. Ultrasonic disperions of as-prepared carbon nanospheres in acetone provided an image of dispersible carbon nanospheres with a diameter of ca, 100 nm. The carbon nanospheres could be expected to be applied as catalyst support, carrier for GC column, electrodic material for lithium ion battery, and electrically conductive fillers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.07.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:26644444776
VL - 44
SP - 187
EP - 190
JO - Carbon
JF - Carbon
SN - 0008-6223
IS - 1
ER -
