Structure sensitivity of ammonia decomposition over Ni catalysts: A computational and experimental study

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-117

  Duan, Xuezhi ^a   Qian, Gang ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Ji, Jian ^a   Zhou, Xinggui ^a   Chen, De ^b   Yuan, Weikang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia decomposition; Density functional theory; Ni catalysts; Ni step blocking; Structure sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027947438     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.05.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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