ε -Iron carbide as a low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xu, Ke ^a   Sun, Bo ^a   Lin, Jun ^b   Wen, Wen ^b   Pei, Yan ^a   Yan, Shirun ^a   Qiao, Minghua ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxin ^c   Zong, Baoning ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; EPSILON IRON CARBIDE; FUEL; IRON DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; COBALT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923291359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6783     Document Type: Article

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