Graphenes in the absence of metals as carbocatalysts for selective acetylene hydrogenation and alkene hydrogenation

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Primo, Ana ^a   Neatu, Florentina ^b   Florea, Mihaela ^b   Parvulescu, Vasile ^b   Garcia, Hermenegildo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALKENE; BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; ETHYLENE; GRAPHENE;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGENATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84923315508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6291     Document Type: Article

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