Carbon nanolibers

Figure 33. Catalytic activity of Fe-Cu bimetallic particles supported on alumina (squares), activated carbon (triangles) and carbon nanolibers (dots). The inset shows the activity of the metal particles on nanofibers in the decomposition of ethylene into solid carbon (squares), ethane (triangles) and methane (dots).

Fig. 7.8 Structure of different types of carbon nanolibers and nanotubes (a) graphitic platelets,...

Figure 3.1 Illustration of carbon nanostructures (a) hexagonal network of carbon (graphene), (b) TEM image of curved graphitic cone, (c) multiwalled carbon nanotube consisting of concentric graphene sheets, and (d) carbon nanoliber composed of stacked graphitic cones at an angle alpha with respect to the axis of the liber. Reprinted with permission from [4,6].

Hou, H. Q. and D. H. Reneker (2004). Carbon nanotubes on carbon nanolibers a novel stracture based on electrospun polymer nanofibers. Advanced Materials 16(l) 69-73. 

Deng D, Lee JY (2007) One-step synthesis of polycrystalline carbon nanolibers with periodic dome-shaped interiors and their tevtrsible lithium ion storage proptaties. Chem Mater 19 4198-4204... 

Gou, J., Tang, Y., Liang, F., Zhao, Z., Firsich, D., Fielding, J., 2010a. Carbon nanoliber paper for lightning strike protection of composite materials. Composites Part B Engineering 41, 192-198. 

The addition of carbon nanolibers (CNF) to an amine-cured epoxy polymer significantly increased the number of cycles to failure, as measured using fatigue stress versus number of cycles to failure (S-N) curves (Zbou et aL 2007). The fatigue life went through a maximum at 2 wt% CNF, although only two specimens were used for each combination of stress level and CNF loading. 

Ji JY et al (2009) Significant improvement of mechanical properties observed in highly aligned carbon-nanotube-reinforced nanolibers. J Phys Chem C 113(12) 4779 785... 

Semiconducting one-dimensional (ID) nanolibers or nanowires are of interest for a wide variety of applications including interconnects, functional devices, and molecular sensors as well as for fundamental physics studies. Devices have been fabricated fi om semiconductor, and carbon nanotubes, and more recently from ICP nanofibers. It has been predicted that ICP nanofibers will have unique electrical, optical, and magnetic properties [134]. Several different methods for producing these ICP nanofibers have been developed with or without the aid of a template. The template-based methods involve synthesizing a tubular structure of the ICP within the pores of a support membrane, such as an alumina membrane [135] or a track-etched polycarbonate membrane [136]. However, more recent work has... 

Xiao S, Shen M, Guo R, Huang Q, Wang S, Shi X (2010) Fabrication of multiwalled carbon nanotube-reinforced electrospun polymer nanolibers ctmtaining zero-valent iron nanoparticles for environmental applicatirais. J Mater Chem 20 5700-5708... 

Flexible supercapacitors were made from PEDOT nanolibers as electrodes and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanolibers as separator by Larfogue et al. [19]. The PEDOT nanolibers were produced by combination of electrospinning and vapor-phase polymerization to form a conductive mat, and were used as the active material (electrodes), separated by a sheet of PAN nanolibers. Carbon-based clothes were used as the current collectors. The material layers were stacked together and embedded in a solid electrolyte containing an ionic liquid and polyvinylidene lluoride-co-hexa-fluoro-propylene (PVDF-co-HFP) as the host polymer. 

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