Why the optimal ammonia synthesis catalyst is not the optimal ammonia decomposition catalyst

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-312

  Boisen, Astrid ^a,b   Dahl, Søren ^a   Nørskov, Jens K ^b   Christensen, Claus Hviid ^a,b  

^a HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia decomposition; Ammonia synthesis; DFT; Heterogeneous catalysis; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DECOMPOSITION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; AMMONIA SYNTHESIS; CATALYTIC PROCESSES; OPTIMAL CATALYSTS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 14344255970     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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