Current understanding of the growth of carbon nanotubes in catalytic chemical vapour deposition

V Jourdain, C Bichara - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to its higher degree of control and its scalability, catalytic chemical vapour deposition is
now the prevailing synthesis method of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic chemical vapour …

Progresses in the Preparation of Coke Resistant Ni‐based Catalyst for Steam and CO2 Reforming of Methane

C Liu, J Ye, J Jiang, Y Pan - ChemCatChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Steam reforming of methane is an extremely important process for the hydrogen and syngas
production. Nickel‐based catalysts have been extensively employed in the industrial …

Methane dissociation on Ni (1 0 0), Ni (1 1 1), and Ni (5 5 3): a comparative density functional theory study

J Li, E Croiset, L Ricardez-Sandoval - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A …, 2012 - Elsevier
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study the dissociation
properties of CH4 on Ni (100), Ni (111), and Ni (553) surfaces. The transition states for …

Atomistic modelling of CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes and graphene

JA Elliott, Y Shibuta, H Amara, C Bichara, EC Neyts - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene by catalytic chemical
vapour deposition (CCVD) and plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD), summarising the state-of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring computational design of size-specific subnanometer clusters catalysts

GA Ferguson, F Mehmood, RB Rankin, JP Greeley… - Topics in …, 2012 - Springer
Computational design of catalysts is currently an area of significant interest. While this area
has made great strides in recent years, these methods have mainly been applied to solid …

Dry reforming of methane on NiCu and NiPd model systems: Optimization of carbon chemistry

P Zambaldi, L Haug, S Penner, B Klötzer - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
A series of ultra-clean, unsupported Cu-doped and Pd-doped Ni model catalysts was
investigated to develop the fundamental concept of metal doping impact on the carbon …

Carbon nanotube growth: First-principles-based kinetic Monte Carlo model

J Li, E Croiset, L Ricardez-Sandoval - Journal of Catalysis, 2015 - Elsevier
Growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on nickel nanoparticles has been
investigated using a multiscale modeling approach that integrates density functional theory …

Homogeneous nucleation of graphitic nanostructures from carbon chains on Ni (111)

D Cheng, G Barcaro, JC Charlier, M Hou… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The structure, energetics, and mobility of carbon aggregates up to 10 atoms on the Ni (111)
surface are investigated via first-principles simulations. Chain configurations are predicted to …

Tuning palladium nickel phosphide toward efficient oxygen evolution performance

S Sankar, Y Sugawara, S Assa Aravindh… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Highly efficient and durable catalysts are increasingly sought in water electrolysis,
particularly for resolving the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics. Herein …

A “one-pot” route for the synthesis of snowflake-like Dendritic CoNi alloy-reduced graphene oxide-based multifunctional nanocomposites: An efficient magnetically …

P Makkar, M Chandel, MK Patra, NN Ghosh - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this paper, a simple “one pot” methodology to synthesize snowflake-like dendritic CoNi
alloy-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanocomposites has been reported. First-principles …