Catalytic NOx removal by single-wall carbon nanotube-supported Rh nanoparticles

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 144-155

  Vermisoglou, Eleni C ^a   Romanos, George E ^a   Karanikolos, Georgios N ^a   Kanellopoulos, Nick K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Catalysis; NOx; PEG; Rhodium; SWNTs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE SITES; ADSORPTION STUDIES; CARBON SUPPORT; CATALYST LIFETIME; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; FEED COMPOSITIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; NANO-STRUCTURED CATALYST; NO ADSORPTION; NO REMOVAL; NOX; ONSET TEMPERATURE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMUM REACTION CONDITIONS; SINGLE-WALL; SWNTS;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DESORPTION; GLYCOLS; HYDROCARBONS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REACTION KINETICS; RHODIUM;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN OXIDE; RH NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE; RHODIUM;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROCARBON; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; RHODIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80053915314     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.07.078     Document Type: Article

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