Significant promotional effect of CCl4 on fullerene yield in the graphite arc-discharge reaction
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Published on: February 2, 2012
Fei Gao1, Su-Yuan Xie, Rong-Bin Huang
1State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Abstract:
Addition of a small quantity (approximately 3%) of CCl4 to the He atmosphere of the graphite arc-discharge reaction revealed a marked increase in fullerene yield.

