Development and Characterization of Graphitic Carbon Nanofiber

The thesis outlines the findings for Final Year Project research entitled "Development and
Characterization of Graphitic Carbon Nanofiber". The long-term key objective of the
project is to produce carbon nanofiber (CNF) with high surface area, thus allowing high
capacity of hydrogen storage. The scope of study covers the process of synthesizing CNF
usiiig the already developed metal catalysts, Nickel (Ni) and Iron (Fe) via Chemical Vapor
Deposition (CVD) method. The main difference between the author's research and other
existingresearch is that the catalyst usedis ofa hybrid compositionbetween both nickel and
iron oxide. 3 main factors are varied and studied to synthesize the CNF; hybrid catalyst
composition, reaction temperature, and reaction time. After CNF is developed, it is
characterized under Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
(EDX) for study of the structure morphology and particle size. To further identify the
effectiveness ofthe synthesizedCNF,activities to store hydrogen within the materialis to be explosed.