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Vapor-grown carbon; Chemical vapor deposition; Scanning electron microscopy; Microstructure
Carbon for selective oxidative dehydrogenation reactions
Abstract:
Centimeter-size multi-branched tree-like carbon structures have been generated by the catalytic chemical vapor deposition of toluene using ferrocene as the catalyst precursor and investigated by means of SEM, TEM, and EDX. It is found that a temperature of 1000–1200 °C and a carrier gas flow rate of 1000–2500 ml/min are necessary for the generation of the carbon trees. Their morphologies and microstructures change greatly with the changing reaction conditions. The fractal dimensions of the trees are calculated to quantitatively investigate the influence of different reaction temperatures on the morphologies.
