Catalytic investigation of in situ generated Ni metal nanoparticles for tar conversion during biomass pyrolysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 23812-23831

  Richardson, Yohan ^a,b   Motuzas, Julius ^b   Julbe, Anne ^b   Volle, Ghislaine ^a   Blin, Joël ^a,c  

^a Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; CATALYTIC PATHWAYS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; STRONG INTERACTION;

BIOMASS; GASIFICATION; IMPREGNATION; TAR; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

NICKEL;

EID: 84887964745     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408191p     Document Type: Article

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