Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages 2104-2109Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ta01002j
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- Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences [2011SQZBJ14, 2011SQNRC18, 2010BWZ003]
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CNT-Ni/SiC composites with three-dimensional hierarchical nanostructures were fabricated via in situ pyrolysis of methane to grow CNTs on a novel flake-like NiO/SiC material. The NiO/SiC was prepared by hydrothermally growing Ni(OH)(2) on SiC. After calcination, Ni(OH)(2) was converted to porous NiO flakes. During the methane pyrolysis, NiO was in situ converted to Ni nanoparticles, which acted as the catalyst for growing CNTs. Due to the combination of Ni nanoparticles, in situ grown CNTs and the SiC support, the CNT-Ni/SiC composites exhibit excellent catalytic activity and stability in electro-oxidation of methanol. The catalytic activity shows a dependence on the pyrolysis temperature of methane, and a pyrolysis temperature of 700 degrees C can lead to a mass activity of 10 A mg(-1) Ni, which is about 15 times higher than that of the catalyst obtained from methane pyrolysis at 500 degrees C and about 4000 times higher than that of the original NiO/SiC catalyst.
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