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Highly Active Porous Catalysts Fabricated By Attachment Of Palladium Nanoparticles On Hierarchical Carbon Structures, Hema Vijwani
Highly Active Porous Catalysts Fabricated By Attachment Of Palladium Nanoparticles On Hierarchical Carbon Structures, Hema Vijwani
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The effectiveness of metal-based catalysts can be significantly enhanced by increasing the available surface area relative to the volume through the creation of hierarchical nanostructures. The catalyst demonstrated here is palladium, which is a widely recognized heterogeneous catalyst suitable for a variety of industrial applications such as water purification, hydrogen storage, and electrochemical devices. In this study, a novel multi-scale supporting material developed in this group, has been used as support. It consists of micro-porous graphitic carbon with strongly attached carbon nanotubes. This can increase the surface area by orders of magnitude without increasing the size or weight while still …