Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Recover the activity of sintered supported catalysts by nitrogen-doped carbon atomization

  • Huang Zhou,
  • Yafei Zhao,
  • Jie Xu,
  • Haoran Sun,
  • Zhijun Li,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Tongwei Yuan,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Xiaoqian Wang,
  • Weng-Chon Cheong,
  • Zhiyuan Wang,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Chao Zhao,
  • Yancai Yao,
  • Wenyu Wang,
  • Fangyao Zhou,
  • Min Chen,
  • Benjin Jin,
  • Rongbo Sun,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Xun Hong,
  • Tao Yao,
  • Shiqiang Wei,
  • Jun Luo,
  • Yuen Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14223-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Sintering supported metal nanoparticles is the common route to the deactivation of industrial heterogeneous catalysts. Here, the authors report a carbon atomization process that allows one not only to redisperse metal nanoparticles, but also to recover deactivated catalysts.