Fischer-Tropsch synthesis at a low pressure on subnanometer cobalt oxide clusters: The effect of cluster size and support on activity and selectivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11210-11216

  Lee, Sungsik ^a   Lee, Byeongdu ^a   Seifert, Sönke ^a   Winans, Randall E ^a   Vajda, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CLUSTER-SUPPORT; COBALT CLUSTERS; GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; OXIDATION STATE; STRONG DEPENDENCES; SUBNANOMETER SIZE; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED REACTIONS; ULTRA-NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84930225026     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512157d     Document Type: Article

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