Synthesis and catalysis of location-specific cobalt nanoparticles supported by multiwall carbon nanotubes for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 8275-8280

  Zhu, Yuan ^a   Ye, Yingchun ^a   Zhang, Shiran ^a   Leong, Mark E ^a   Tao, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CO NANOPARTICLES; COBALT CATALYST; COBALT NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL SURFACES; PRE-TREATMENT;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COBALT; MOLECULES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84861634594     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300607k     Document Type: Article

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