A review of recent work on using metal–organic frameworks to grow carbon nanotubes

X Wang, A Dong, Y Hu, J Qian, S Huang - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been known as a class of one-dimensional carbon
nanomaterials with sp2-hybridized structures that can be constructed with a very large …

Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage

Q Zhang, E Uchaker, SL Candelaria… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured materials are advantageous in offering huge surface to volume ratios,
favorable transport properties, altered physical properties, and confinement effects resulting …

Dual MOF-derived Fe/N/P-tridoped carbon nanotube as high-performance oxygen reduction catalysts for zinc-air batteries

H Chang, YF Guo, X Liu, PF Wang, Y Xie… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The controllable construction of Fe, N co-doped carbon (Fe-NC) nanocomposite has highly
potential in replacing the noble metal catalysts. Herein, the Fe/N/P-tridoped expanded …

Methane pyrolysis for zero-emission hydrogen production: a potential bridge technology from fossil fuels to a renewable and sustainable hydrogen economy

N Sánchez-Bastardo, R Schlögl… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen plays a key role in many industrial applications and is currently seen as one of the
most promising energy vectors. Many efforts are being made to produce hydrogen with zero …

Nanostructured carbon for energy storage and conversion

SL Candelaria, Y Shao, W Zhou, X Li, J Xiao, JG Zhang… - Nano energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Carbon materials have been playing a significant role in the development of alternative
clean and sustainable energy technologies. This review article summarizes the recent …

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 …

Roles of carbon nanotubes in novel energy storage devices

L Sun, X Wang, Y Wang, Q Zhang - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a typical one-dimensional carbon material, have been
extensively studied for electrical and electronic applications for more than two decades …

The role of metal nanoparticles in the catalytic production of single-walled carbon nanotubes—a review

A Moisala, AG Nasibulin… - Journal of Physics …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent progress in chemical vapour deposition and aerosol synthesis of single-walled
carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is reviewed with an emphasis on the role of metal …

Metal-organic framework-derived carbon nanotubes with multi-active Fe-N/Fe sites as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for zinc-air battery

C Yang, S Shang, Q Gu, J Shang, X Li - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable metal-air batteries demand high-efficiency, environmentally-friendly, and non-
precious metal-based electrocatalysts with bifunctionality for both the oxygen reduction …

Atomic-scale in-situ observation of carbon nanotube growth from solid state iron carbide nanoparticles

H Yoshida, S Takeda, T Uchiyama, H Kohno… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We have first observed the nucleation and growth process of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from
iron carbide (Fe3C) nanoparticles in chemical vapor deposition with C2H2 by in situ …