In situ production of Ni catalysts at the tips of carbon nanofibers and application in catalytic ammonia decomposition

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1854-1858

  Ji, Jian ^a   Duan, Xuezhi ^a   Qian, Gang ^a   Zhou, Xinggui ^a   Chen, De ^b   Yuan, Weikang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYTIC AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH TIME; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; NI CATALYSTS; NI NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84873346237     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3024627     Document Type: Article

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