Method of making carbon fibers and uses thereof
A method of making a plurality of carbon fibers which comprises the step of heat-treating a substrate on which a catalyst is arranged under circumstance including carbon, wherein the catalyst contains Pd and at least one element selected in the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Y, Rh, Pt, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Lu, and 20 atm% (atomic percentage) or more and 80 atm% (atomic percentage) or lower of the selected at least one element is contained to Pd.