Carbon Nanowalls || Physics of Carbon Nanowalls

✍ Scribed by Hiramatsu, Mineo; Hori, Masaru

• Book ID: 121662518
• Publisher: Springer Vienna
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 988 KB
• Edition: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3211997180
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-99718-5_3

✦ Synopsis

Representing the first text to cover this exciting new area of research, this book will describe synthesis techniques of CNWs, their characterization and various expected applications using CNWs. Carbon-nanowalls (CNWs) can be described as two-dimensional graphite nanostructures with edges comprised of stacks of plane graphene sheets standing almost vertically on the substrate. These sheets form a wall structure with a high aspect ratio. The thickness of CNWs ranges from a few nm to a few tens of nm. The large surface area and sharp edges of CNWs may prove useful for a number of applications such as electrochemical devices, field electron emitters, storage materials for hydrogen gas, catalyst support. In particular, vertically standing CNWs with a high surface-to-volume ratio, serve as an ideal material for catalyst support for fuel cells and in gas storage materials.