Nanocarbons for the development of advanced catalysts

DS Su, S Perathoner, G Centi - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Nanocarbon is a term increasingly used 1− 9 to indicate the broad range of carbon materials
having a tailored nanoscale dimension and functional properties that significantly depend …

A review on carbon nanotube/polymer composites for organic solar cells

G Keru, PG Ndungu, VO Nyamori - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique properties, such as their electrical conductivity, that
enable them to be combined with conducting polymers to form composites for use in organic …

Electrochemical metal recycling: recovery of palladium from solution and in situ fabrication of palladium-carbon catalysts via impact electrochemistry

AV Oladeji, JM Courtney… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recycling of critical materials, regeneration of waste, and responsible catalyst manufacture
have been repeatedly documented as essential for a sustainable future with respect to the …

Interaction of cobalt nanoparticles with oxygen-and nitrogen-functionalized carbon nanotubes and impact on nitrobenzene hydrogenation catalysis

P Chen, F Yang, A Kostka, W Xia - ACS Catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
The type and the amount of functional groups on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
were tuned to improve the activity of supported Co nanoparticles in hydrogenation catalysis …

Pt nanocatalysts supported on reduced graphene oxide for selective conversion of cellulose or cellobiose to sorbitol

D Wang, W Niu, M Tan, M Wu, X Zheng, Y Li… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pt nanocatalysts loaded on reduced graphene oxide (Pt/RGO) were prepared by means of a
convenient microwave‐assisted reduction approach with ethylene glycol as reductant. The …

Stabilization of palladium nanoparticles on nanodiamond–graphene core–shell supports for CO oxidation

L Zhang, H Liu, X Huang, X Sun, Z Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanodiamond–graphene core–shell materials have several unique properties compared
with purely sp2‐bonded nanocarbons and perform remarkably well as metal‐free catalysts …

Microwave-assisted synthesis of Pd-Ru-Re/f-MWCNTs nanocatalyst for efficient catalytic reduction of chromium and pesticide

P Veerakumar, A Sangili, SM Chen… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) and imidacloprid (IMI, pesticide) are well recognized
as an acute hazardous pollutant in living environments. Herein, palladium-ruthenium …

Approaches to the synthesis of Pd/C catalysts with controllable activity and selectivity in hydrogenation reactions

RM Mironenko, OB Belskaya, VA Likholobov - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon-supported palladium catalysts are widely used for hydrogenation of various organic
compounds in the fine chemical industry. The nanoscale geometry and electronic structure …

Electrocatalytic performance of Pd-based electro-catalysts supported on CNTs for isopropanol and ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium

M Zikhali, T Matthews, CT Selepe, KA Adegoke… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Palladium carbon nanotubes and palladium-niobium carbon nanotubes electro-catalysts
were successfully prepared through the alcohol reduction method. The composition and …

Insight into biomass upgrade: A review on hydrogenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2, 5-Dimethylfuran (DMF)

NA Endot, R Junid, MSS Jamil - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in the transformation of biobased 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into
a potential liquid fuel, 2, 5-dimethylfuran (DMF), are summarised. This review focuses briefly …