Metal organic framework-mediated synthesis of highly active and stable Fischer-Tropsch catalysts

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Santos, Vera P ^a,b   Wezendonk, Tim A ^a   Jaén, Juan José Delgado ^c   Dugulan, A Iulian ^a   Nasalevich, Maxim A ^a   Islam, Husn Ubayda ^d   Chojecki, Adam ^b   Sartipi, Sina ^a   Sun, Xiaohui ^a   Hakeem, Abrar A ^a   Koeken, Ard C J ^b   Ruitenbeek, Matthijs ^b   Davidian, Thomas ^b   Meima, Garry R ^b   Sankar, Gopinathan ^d   Kapteijn, Freek ^a   Makkee, Michiel ^a   Gascon, Jorge ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DOW BENELUX B V   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON; CATALYST; CRUDE OIL; GAS PRODUCTION; IRON; METAL; POROUS MEDIUM; RESEARCH METHOD;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYST; FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84924370308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7451     Document Type: Article

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