Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7592, 2016, Pages 83-87

  Kondrat, Simon A ^a   Smith, Paul J ^a   Wells, Peter P ^b,c   Chater, Philip A ^d,e   Carter, James H ^a   Morgan, David J ^a   Fiordaliso, Elisabetta M ^f   Wagner, Jakob B ^f   Davies, Thomas E ^a,e   Lu, Li ^g   Bartley, Jonathan K ^a   Taylor, Stuart H ^a   Spencer, Michael S ^a   Kiely, Christopher J ^g   Kelly, Gordon J ^h   Park, Colin W ^h   Rosseinsky, Matthew J ^e   Hutchings, Graham J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH COMPLEX AT HARWELL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g Lehigh University   (United States)

^h JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; DIFFUSION; MALACHITE; MINERAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SODIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCRITICAL ANTISOLVENT; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84960129636     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16935     Document Type: Article

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