title: Potential for mass production of nickel-based nanomaterials by carbonyl process.
abstract: High purity micron and sub-micron scale nickel materials have been mass-produced by the nickel carbonyl process for many decades. The same technology is being explored for mass production of nano-scale nickel products. The paper presents an overview of nickel carbonyl technology suitable for mass production of nano-scale nickel powders with surface areas exceeding 100 m2/g, and various three-dimensional nickel based micro structures. The industrial processes are based on the homogeneous decomposition of carbonyl in the free space of a CVD reactor and on the heterogeneous decomposition of carbonyl on a variety of substrates, including polymer foams and carbon fibres.
authors.affiliation: Vale Inco Limited, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1Z9.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paserin
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baksa
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Faranak
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shojai
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nowosiadly