Synthesis of carbon nanostructures from coal by chemical solid synthesis method

Motahare Vakili Fathabadi; Hasan Hashemipour Rafsanjani; Firouze Danafar

Synthesis of carbon nanostructures from coal by chemical solid synthesis method

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Author(s): Motahare Vakili Fathabadi ¹ ; Hasan Hashemipour Rafsanjani ¹ ; Firouze Danafar ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Chemical Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Source: Volume 11, Issue 8, August 2016, p. 450 – 453
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2016.0089 , Online ISSN 1750-0443

Received 22/02/2016, Accepted 13/05/2016, Revised 28/04/2016, Published 01/08/2016

Carbon nanofibres (CNFs) and carbon spheres (CSs) are successfully synthesised using coal particles (<44 micron) in solid phase. Coal and ferrocene as catalyst were fed to the reactor in the solid form. The reaction is carried out in a tubular reactor. The as-synthesised samples have been characterised through Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The results show CNFs formed in 25–40 nm and mono dispersed CSs in 200–300 nm are amorphous. A feasible mechanism of CNFs and CSs formation from coal described here with the help of coal structure.

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