Heterogeneous catalysis

R Schlögl - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

Nanocarbons for the development of advanced catalysts

DS Su, S Perathoner, G Centi - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Nanocarbon is a term increasingly used 1− 9 to indicate the broad range of carbon materials
having a tailored nanoscale dimension and functional properties that significantly depend …

Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in catalysis

P Serp, M Corrias, P Kalck - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003 - Elsevier
This review analyses the literature from the early 1990s until the beginning of 2003 and
covers the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nanofibers as catalysts and catalysts …

Thermal stability and reducibility of oxygen-containing functional groups on multiwalled carbon nanotube surfaces: a quantitative high-resolution XPS and TPD/TPR …

S Kundu, Y Wang, W Xia, M Muhler - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The thermal stability and the reducibility of oxygen-containing functional groups on the
surface of nitric acid-treated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been studied using …

Metal‐free heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable chemistry

DS Su, J Zhang, B Frank, A Thomas… - … Energy & Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The current established catalytic processes used in chemical industries use metals, in many
cases precious metals, or metal oxides as catalysts. These are often energy‐consuming and …

Basic catalysis on MgO: generation, characterization and catalytic properties of active sites

JI Di Cosimo, VK Díez, C Ferretti, CR Apesteguía - 2014 - books.rsc.org
The generation, characterization and catalytic properties of MgO active sites were studied.
MgO samples stabilized at different temperatures were used to control the distribution of …

Biological, chemical, and electronic applications of nanofibers

LTH Nguyen, S Chen, NK Elumalai… - Macromolecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With their high‐surface‐to‐volume ratio, nanofibers have been postulated to increase
interactions between nanofibrous materials and targeted substrates, which are helpful to …

Fischer–Tropsch reaction on a thermally conductive and reusable silicon carbide support

Y Liu, O Ersen, C Meny, F Luck… - ChemSusChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Fischer–Tropsch (FT) process, in which synthesis gas (syngas) derived from
coal, natural gas, and biomass is converted into synthetic liquid fuels and chemicals, is a …

A nanodiamond/CNT–SiC monolith as a novel metal free catalyst for ethylbenzene direct dehydrogenation to styrene

H Liu, J Diao, Q Wang, S Gu, T Chen, C Miao… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel nanodiamond/CNT–SiC monolith catalyst has been prepared by a facile two-step
approach. The as-synthesized monolith afforded high activity and stability for ethylbenzene …

Carbon mediated catalysis: A review on oxidative dehydrogenation

D Chen, A Holmen, Z Sui, X Zhou - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2014 - Elsevier
Carbon mediated catalysis has gained an increasing attention in both areas of
nanocatalysis and nanomaterials. The progress in carbon nanomaterials provides many …