Skip to main content
. 2024 Apr 17;14:8912. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-59046-y

Table 3.

Comparison of coal-based carbon nanomaterials*

C1 C2 C3
Lateral size (nm) 2–4 70–500 70–500
Carbon layers 1 3–5 3–7
Aspect ratio 2–4 50–100 50–100
C/O ratio 1.92 30.2 18.8

*The lateral size and carbon layers in Table 3 are based on statistical TEM analysis (see SI for TEM images and details). The C/O ratio is based on XPS analysis.