Decoration of multiwall carbon nanotubes with nickel nanoparticles: Effect of deposition strategy on metal dispersion and performance in the hydrogenation of p-chloroacetophenone

Miron V. Landau, Sergei V. Savilov, Marina N. Kirikova, Nikolai B. Cherkasov, Anton S. Ivanov, Valery V. Lunin, Yuri Koltypin, Aharon Gedanken

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Abstract

The sonochemical deposition of nickel nanoparticles onto the multiwall carbon nanotube aggregates leads to a uniformly distributed metal phase at high loadings and an average nickel crystal size of 4-8 nm at a 25-50 wt% nickel content. Its application enhances the catalytic activity of Ni/multiwall carbon nanotube material in the selective hydrogenation of chloroacetophenone by factors of 2-18, as compared with that prepared by traditional decoration methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-128
Number of pages4
JournalMendeleev Communications
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by a joint MSTIRFBR programme: grant nos. 33549, 35739 (Israel Ministry of Science and Technology), 090392482 and 060372032 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research). We are grateful to A. S. Mikheykina for her assistance in catalytic experiments and to Dr. A. Erenburg and Dr. V. Ezersky for performing material characterizations by XRD and HRTEM.

Funding

This study was supported by a joint MSTIRFBR programme: grant nos. 33549, 35739 (Israel Ministry of Science and Technology), 090392482 and 060372032 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research). We are grateful to A. S. Mikheykina for her assistance in catalytic experiments and to Dr. A. Erenburg and Dr. V. Ezersky for performing material characterizations by XRD and HRTEM.

FundersFunder number
MSTIRFBR33549, 35739
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Ministry of science and technology, Israel090392482, 060372032

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