Multi-directionally grown ribbon-like carbon fibers

Here, a simple and low cost catalytic combustion method was employed for preparation of ribbon-like carbon fibers. A lot of multi-directionally grown ribbon-like carbon fibers were obtained. In our experiment, methanol was used as the carbon source and the nickel nitrate as the catalyst precursor. The copper plate was used as the substrate. M. M. Wilson et al. also adopted flame method, but their setup is complex. From the view of realizable application, our method is more adaptive. This study has significances for fundamental investigation and has a promising of industrial application.