A chemical route from PTFE to amorphous carbon nanospheres in supercritical water

13 January 2004

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

No. 3,p. 342-343
https://doi.org/10.1039/b313733c

Abstract

Amorphous carbon nanospheres with diameters of 140–200 nm have been synthesized by treating poly(tetrafluoroethylene) in supercritical water at 550 °C using Ca(OH)₂ as defluorination reagent.

Keywords

CHEMICAL ROUTE
POLY
DEFLUORINATION
REAGENT
TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
NANOSPHERES
ROUTE FROM PTFE
PTFE TO AMORPHOUS

Cited by 66 articles