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PACS 68.37.Hk, 68.37.Lp, 68.43.–h, 81.05.Uw, 81.07.De, 81.15.Gh
Carbon for selective oxidative dehydrogenation reactions
Abstract:
Low-cost mass production of CNTs becomes prerequisite for their applications in chemistry and catalysis in which the availability of large amounts of material with well-defined surface, chemical and mechanical properties is required. Natural occurring iron oxides in volcanic lavas are used as catalysts for CNT synthesis in the well-established CVD (chemical vapor deposition) process while the lava itself acts as support. As in a common CVD process, the quality of the CNTs can be controlled by the synthesis parameters such as flow rate, hydrocarbon to hydrogen ratio and growth temperature.
