CARBON SUBLIMATION USING A SOLAR FURNACE

Authors
LAPLAZE D BERNIER P JOURNET C VIE V FLAMANT G LEBRUN M
Citation
D. Laplaze et al., CARBON SUBLIMATION USING A SOLAR FURNACE, Synthetic metals, 86(1-3), 1997, pp. 2295-2296
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
86
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2295 - 2296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1997)86:1-3<2295:CSUASF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We have previously shown that the high intensity of solar radiation, o btained with the Odeillo (France) solar furnace facilities, can be use d to vaporize graphite in inert gas atmosphere to produce fullerenes. After a short survey of the possible mechanisms of formation of these molecules, we report some results in agreement with the proposed model and discuss the possibilities of increasing the fullerene yield which currently reaches 20%.