Silicon carbide-derived carbon nanocomposite as a substitute for mercury in the catalytic hydrochlorination of acetylene

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Xingyun ^a   Pan, Xiulian ^a   Yu, Liang ^a   Ren, Pengju ^a   Wu, Xing ^b   Sun, Litao ^b   Jiao, Feng ^a   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; MERCURY; METAL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NITROGEN; SILICON CARBIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHLORIDE; CHLORINATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SILICON; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHLORINATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; HYDROCHLORINATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84899125347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4688     Document Type: Article

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