Cobalt carbide nanoprisms for direct production of lower olefins from syngas

Nature

Volumn 538, Issue 7623, 2016, Pages 84-87

  Zhong, Liangshu ^a   Yu, Fei ^a,b   An, Yunlei ^a,b   Zhao, Yonghui ^a   Sun, Yuhan ^a,c   Li, Zhengjia ^a,d   Lin, Tiejun ^a   Lin, Yanjun ^a   Qi, Xingzhen ^a   Dai, Yuanyuan ^a,e   Gu, Lin ^f   Hu, Jinsong ^e,g   Jin, Shifeng ^f   Shen, Qun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; COBALT CARBIDE NANOPRISM; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; MANGANESE; METHANE; NANOMATERIAL; NATURAL GAS; SYNGAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; COBALT; COBALT CARBIDE;

ALKENE; CATALYST; COBALT; GAS; METHANE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; REACTION KINETICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKENES; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; COAL; COBALT; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NATURAL GAS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84990233629     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19786     Document Type: Article

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