Carbon nanotube catalysts: recent advances in synthesis, characterization and applications

Y Yan, J Miao, Z Yang, FX Xiao, HB Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for various applications. In recent years,
progress in manufacturing and functionalizing carbon nanotubes has been made to achieve …

Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in catalysis

P Serp, M Corrias, P Kalck - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003 - Elsevier
This review analyses the literature from the early 1990s until the beginning of 2003 and
covers the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nanofibers as catalysts and catalysts …

Synthesis of CuO-ZnO nanophotocatalyst for visible light assisted degradation of a textile dye in aqueous solution

P Sathishkumar, R Sweena, JJ Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
An attempt was made to prepare CuO/ZnO nanophotocatalyst for visible light assisted
degradation of a textile dye (Acid Red 88) in aqueous solutions by wet impregnation …

An overview of the recent progress in modifications of carbon nanotubes for hydrogen adsorption

J Lyu, V Kudiiarov, A Lider - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many researchers have carried out experimental research and theoretical analysis on
hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes (CNTs), but the results are very inconsistent. The …

ZnO/CuO nanostructures anchored over Ni/Cu tubular films via pulse electrodeposition for photocatalytic and antibacterial applications

HJ Biswal, PR Vundavilli, K Mondal, NP Shetti… - Materials Science for …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we report the fabrication of Ni and Cu tubular substrates and the synthesis of
ZnO/CuO nanocomposite on them through the process of pulse electrodeposition. The …

Preparation of ZnO/Cu2O compound photocatalyst and application in treating organic dyes

C Xu, L Cao, G Su, W Liu, H Liu, Y Yu, X Qu - Journal of hazardous …, 2010 - Elsevier
ZnO/Cu2O compound photocatalysts were prepared by “soak-deoxidize-air oxidation” with
different concentrations of Cu2+ (0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2mol/L). The prepared …

Recent applications of carbon nanotubes in hydrogen production and storage

R Oriňáková, A Oriňák - Fuel, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is actually of great interest because it is the cleanest, sustainable and renewable
energy carrier with a significantly reduced impact on the environment. In the future …

Fabrication and photocatalysis of CuO/ZnO nano-composites via a new method

ZL Liu, JC Deng, JJ Deng, FF Li - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2008 - Elsevier
CuO/ZnO nano-composites were successfully prepared via coordination oxidation
homogeneous co-precipitation method. Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis …

Three-dimensional porous Ni-CNT composite nanocones as high performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

GB Darband, M Aliofkhazraei… - Journal of Electroanalytical …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a new 3D hierarchical Ni-CNT nanostructure was fabricated using
electrodeposition method in a bath containing crystal modifier, where its electrocatalytic …

Confinement effect of carbon nanotubes: copper nanoparticles filled carbon nanotubes for hydrogenation of methyl acetate

D Wang, G Yang, Q Ma, M Wu, Y Tan, Y Yoneyama… - Acs …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Copper nanoparticles filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with varied tube diameters were
prepared via a convenient sonication-assisted impregnation approach. CNTs and Cu …