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In this study, we fabricated fibrous carbon materials by using self-assembled cellulose nanocrystal fibers as the precursor. Cellulose nanocrystals at low concentrations, which were isolated from commercial microcystallline cellulose by a sulfuric acid treatment, were self-assembled into fibrous cellulose particles during the frozen process. After a stabilization process, the cellulose nanocrystal fibers were carbonized at 1,000 °C. Field-emission scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and wide-angle X-ray diffraction analysis were used to confirm the formation of amorphous carbon fibers from the cellulose nanocrystal fibers.
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Cho, S.Y., Yun, Y.S. & Jin, HJ. Carbon nanofibers prepared by the carbonization of self-assembled cellulose nanocrystals. Macromol. Res. 22, 753–756 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-014-2094-x
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