Pyrrolic nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes: Physicochemical properties, interactions with Pd and their role in the selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzophenone

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-122

  Ombaka, Lucy M ^a   Ndungu, Patrick G ^a   Nyamori, Vincent O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROGENATION; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

AMINOBENZOPHENONE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; COORDINATION COMPLEX; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; SELECTIVE REDUCTION; SUPPORT INTERACTION;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84915821011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12523a     Document Type: Article

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