Synthesis of Carbon Nanoparticles Using Thermal Co-pyrolysis of Ferrocene and Naphthalene Mixture
Tawatchai Charinpanitkul [a]*, Noriaki Sano [b], P ramote Puengjinda [a] +, P oonlasak Muthak arn [* Author for corresponding; e-mail address: ctawat@chula.ac.th, mote_moto@yahoo.com
Volume: Vol.32 No.3 (SEPTEMBER 2005)
Research Article
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Citation: Charinpanitkul T., Sano N., + P.R.P.. and Arn [ P.O.M., Synthesis of Carbon Nanoparticles Using Thermal Co-pyrolysis of Ferrocene and Naphthalene Mixture, Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 2005; 32(3): 379-383.
Abstract
Co-pyrolysis of a mixture of ferrocene and naphthalene in nitrogen atmosphere using quartz tube furnace reactor could successfully provide carbon nanoparticles consisting of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanocapsules (CNCs), which contain Fe particles in their carbon shell. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis have shown that the nanostructure formed strongly depends on pyrolysis temperature. At higher temperature more CNCs could be obtained. Particle size distributions and yield of the synthesized products were also influenced by the pyrolysis temperature.