The use of carbon nanotubes with and without nitrogen doping as support for ruthenium catalysts in the ammonia decomposition reaction

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Garcia Garcia F R ^a   Alvarez Rodriguez J ^a   Rodriguez Ramos I ^a   Guerrero Ruiz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC GROUPS; AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; BAMBOO-LIKE CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON SUPPORT; CATALYST PREPARATION; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CO CHEMISORPTION; HIGH YIELD; INERT ATMOSPHERES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NITROGEN-DOPING; RU CATALYSTS; RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMISORPTION; DECOMPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITROGEN; RUTHENIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 70350008262     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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