Method to obtain carbon nano-onions by pyrolisys of propane

• Authors: Tomas Garcia-Martin , Pedro Rincon-Arevalo , Gemma Campos-Martin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present a new and simple method for carbon nano-onions (CNOs) production which is based on the pyrolysis of Propane. CNOs are originated in a laminar premixed Propane/Oxygen flame of approximately 1.8 of stoichiometric coefficient. The stream of gasses resulting from the combustion drives the carbon particles towards the aluminium surface on which nano-onions are deposited and collected. The structure and size of the deposited carbon onion on the metal wall are characterized by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy technique (HRTEM). The experimental images show the presence of two different types of CNOs. The first particles have diameters in the range of 18-25 nm and the second ones around 10 nm.

Keywords

EN

carbon nano-onions; fullerene; high resolution transmission electron microscopy; scanning electron microscopy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 1548-1558

Dates

published

1 - 11 - 2013

online

10 - 12 - 2013

Contributors

author

Tomas Garcia-Martin

• Department of Ingeniería Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica de Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain

author

Pedro Rincon-Arevalo

• Department of Ingeniería Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica de Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain

author

Gemma Campos-Martin

• Department of Ingeniería Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica de Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-013-0294-1