• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.220-237
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• 2020

Modern electrochemical energy devices involve generation and reduction of fuel gases through electrochemical reactions of water splitting, alcohol oxidation, oxygen reduction, etc. Initially, these processes were executed in the presence of noble metal-based catalyst that showed low overpotential and high current density. However, its high cost, unavailability, corrosion and related toxicity limited its application. The search for alternative with high stability, durability, and efficiency led scientists towards carbon nanoparticles supported catalysts which has high surface area, good electrical conductivity, tunable morphology, low cost, ease of synthesis and stability. Carbon nanoparticles are classified into two groups based on morphology, one and zero dimensional particles. Carbon nanoparticles at zero dimension, denoted as carbon dots, are less used carbon support compared to other forms. However, recently carbon dots with improved electronic properties have become popular as catalyst as well as catalyst support. This review focused on the recent advances in electrocatalytic activities of carbon dots. The mechanisms of common electrocatalytic reactions and the role of the catalysts are also discussed. The review also proposed future developments and other research directions to overcome current limitations.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.87-98
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• 2018

The production of IPA from the oxidation of MX is completed under the catalysis of $H_3PW_{12}O_{40}$ (HPW) loaded on carbon and cobalt. Oxalic acid is tried to modify the carbon to upgrade the catalytic activity of HPW@C catalyst. The experiments show that the best carbon is acquired by carbonizing the carbon at $450^{\circ}C$ for 2 h in $N_2$ after being soaked in a $0.20mol\;l^{-1}$ oxalic acid solution for 16 h. The IPA produced by the HPW@C catalysts prepared with the carbon modified is 58.9% over that obtained by the catalysts prepared with the original carbon.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.158-167
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• 2018

In this study, in-situ trans-selective polymerization of isoprene was carried out using titanium-based Ziegler-Natta catalysts. The catalysts were prepared by high-energy ball milling. Individually Large-inner-diameter carbon nanotubes (CNTL), and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes (CNTOH), along with magnesium chloride ($MgCl_2$) were used as the carriers for the catalysts. The optimum ball-milling time for preparing the $CNT/MgCl_2/TiCl_4$ Ziegler-Natta catalysts was 4 h. The $CNTOH/MgCl_2/TiCl_4$ catalyst showed a higher efficiency than that of the $CNTL/MgCl_2/TiCl_4$ catalyst, based on the rate of polymerization. The effects of the CNT-filler type on the isoprene polymerization behaviors and polymer properties were investigated. The morphologies of the trans-1,4-polyisoprene (TPI)/CNT and TPI/CNTOH nanocomposites exhibited a tube-like shape, and the CNTL and CNTOH fillers were well dispersed in the TPI matrix. In addition, the thermal stability of TPI significantly increased upon the introduction of a small amount of both CNTL/CNTOH fillers (0.15 wt%), owing to the satisfactory dispersion of the CNTL/CNTOH in the TPI matrix.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.514-517
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• 2008

Water gas shift(WGS) is an important step in fuel process for fuel cells, and improperness of commercial WGS catalysts for use in fuel cell systems has prompted numerous researches on noble metal catalysts. A selected noble metal catalyst for water gas shift reaction(WGS) was prepared with various metal loadings. The prepared catalysts were tested under two feeding conditions. At moderate residence time, carbon monoxide conversion was much higher on the noble metal catalysts as compared to commercial high-temperature shift catalyst. Effects of metal loading were examined by activity tests at short residence time. Higher metal loading effected higher reaction rate. The kinetic data was fitted to simple reaction equations and effectiveness factor was estimated. The results suggest the necessity of a structural design for the highly active noble metal catalysts.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.239-239
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• 2009

As we note the electric properties of carbon nanotube, we need to generate carbon nanotubes vertically. Generally, metal catalysts are used to synthesis carbon nanotubes. But through using DLC, dense patricles could be gotten easily. Compare to the case of using metal catalysts, the case of using DLC can conduct vertical grwoth of CNTs easily. In this paper, we changed growth temperature (550, 650, $7500^{\circ}C$) and growth time (3, 6, 9 min) in order to confirm synthesize vertical growth of CNTs on substrates.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.697-700
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• 2002

Porous anodic aluminum oxide(AAO) templates prepared by anodizing method were used for growing multiwalled carbon nanotubes(CNTs). AAO templates with the homogeneous pore diameter and length were obtained by two step anodizing technique. Using AAO templates, vertically well-ordered two-dimensional carbon nanotube arrays were fabricated. We investigated the field emission property of CNTs grown using different catalyst metals in vacuum chamber (<$10^{-7}$ Torr) on AAO Template. To explain the different emission property, the surface reaction between catalysts and alumina pores which inserted carbon species of $C_2H_2$ using High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was studied.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2008

We report on the growth mechanism of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) using ultra thin Ni catalysts and direct current plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. The CNTs were grown with -600 V bias to substrate electrode and catalyst thickness variation of 0.07 nm to 3 nm. The CNT density was reduced with catalyst thickness reduction and increased growth time. Cone like CNTs were grown with ultra thin Ni thickness, and it results from an etch of carbon network by reactive etchant species and continuous carbon precipitation on CNT walls. Vertically aligned sparse CNTs can be grown with ultra thin Ni catalyst.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.887-891
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• 2005

Novel nickel catalyst deposited on nanoporous carbon was found to be an efficient catalyst for the epoxidation of simple alkenes with $O_2$ and isobutyraldehyde under mild conditions. Alkenes exhibited different reactivities towards Ni-catalyst and epoxidation with stilbene proceeds stereospecifically. This may be rationalized with the mechanism involving coordinated acylperoxy radical intermediate. Nickel contents depend on the preparative methods and the KNI-3 catalyst, which was synthesized by wet impregnation of $Ni(NO_3)_2$ into nanoporous carbon, shows the highest activity. The activity of the catalyst is well correlated with contents of nickel. Recycled catalysts suffer considerable loss of activity due to leaching of catalytic active species, nickel.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2004

The effect of La promoter on the carbon deposition and catalytic activity in the synthesis gas production with supported Ni catalysts was investigated. Active component was Ni and support was $CeO_2$ and the promoter used was La. The reaction was carried out in a fixed bed reactor at 1 atm and $650{\sim}800^{\circ}C$. The catalysts were prepared by two methods, the impregnation method and urea method. The catalysts prepared by the urea method showed 10 times higher surface area than those of prepared by the impregnation method. By the introduction of La promoter in the catalyst system, carbon deposition was remarkably reduced from 16% to 2%. It appears that the promoter facilitates the formation of a stable fluoride-type phase, which reduces the carbon deposition. The best catalytic activity and CO and $H_2$ selectivities were obtained with 2.5wt% $Ni/Ce(La)O_x$ catalyst at $750^{\circ}C$, giving 90% methane conversion, 93 and.80% of CO and $H_2$ selectivities, respectively.

• 청정기술
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2010

결정성의 셀룰로우스를 수소분위기하에서 다양한 귀금속 촉매를 이용하여 폴리올로 전환시키는 연구를 수행하였다. 촉매는 단일 귀금속(Pt, Ru, Ir, Rh, Pd)을 활성탄에 습식함침법으로 담지시켜서 제조하였으며, Pt/$\gamma-Al_2O_3$와 Pt/H-mordenite를 비교촉매로 사용하였다. 생성물은 고압액체크로마토그래피로 분석하였다. 촉매는 질소흡착, X-선 회절법, 유도결합플라즈마분광법(ICP-AES), 수소-승원환원분석($H_2$-TPR), 그리고 일산화탄소 화학흡착을 통하여 분석하였다. 셀룰로우스의 전환율은 사용한 촉매와 연관관계가 낮은 것으로 나타났으며 활성탄에 담지된 귀금속 촉매중에서 Pt/AC가 높은 폴리올의 수득률에 바람직한 것으로 조사되었다.