Direct evidence of active and inactive phases of Fe catalyst nanoparticles for carbon nanotube formation

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 319, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-60

  Mazzucco, Stefano ^a,e   Wang, Ying ^b   Tanase, Mihaela ^a,c   Picher, Matthieu ^a,c   Li, Kai ^b   Wu, Zhijian ^b   Irle, Stephan ^d   Sharma, Renu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Spatial Tennyson House Cambridge Business Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active and inactive catalyst; Carbon nanotubes; ETEM; Fischer Tropsch; In situ Environmental transmission electron microscopy; Iron carbides

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COAL LIQUEFACTION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS; CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETEM; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; IRON CARBIDES; LIQUID-FUEL PRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

NANOPARTICLES; CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84906969354     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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