First principles study of the coking resistance and the activity of a boron promoted Ni catalyst

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5039-5041

  Xu, Jing ^a   Saeys, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boron promoter; Catalysis; Coking; Computational chemistry; Ni catalysts; Rational catalyst design

Indexed keywords

BORON PROMOTER; BULK CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; GRAPHENE ISLANDS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METHANE;

COKING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; COKING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METHANE;

EID: 34547953141     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.11.050     Document Type: Article

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