%0 Journal Article %T Nitrogen-dopedcarbonnanotubesonsiliconcarbideasametal-freecatalyst %A Cuong Duong-Viet %A Housseinou Ba %A Yuefeng Liu %A Lai Truong-Phuoc %A Jean-Mario Nhut %A Cuong Pham-Huu %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 906-913 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60116-9 %X £¿Ahierarchicalmetal-freecatalystconsistingofnitrogen-dopedcarbonnanotubesdecoratedontoasiliconcarbide(N-CNTs/SiC)macroscopichoststructurewasprepared.TheinfluenceofN-CNTsincorporationonthephysicalpropertiesofthesupportwasevaluatedusingdifferentcharacterizationtechniques.Thecatalystwastestedasametal-freecatalystintheselectiveoxidationofH2Sandsteam-freedehydrogenationofethylbenzene.TheN-CNTs/SiCcatalystexhibitedextremelygooddesulfurizationperformancecomparedtoaFe2O3/SiCcatalystunderlessconducivereactionconditionssuchaslowtemperature,highspacevelocity,andalowO2-to-H2Smolarratio.Forthedehydrogenationofethylbenzene,ahigherdehydrogenationactivitywasobtainedwiththeN-CNTs/SiCcatalystcomparedtoacommercialK-Fe/Al2O3catalyst.TheN-CNTs/SiCcatalystalsodisplayedgoodstabilityasafunctionoftimeonstreamforbothreactions,whichwasattributedtothestronganchoringofthenitrogendopantinthecarbonmatrix.TheextrudateshapeoftheSiCsupportallowedthedirectmacroscopicshapingofthecatalystforuseinaconventionalfixed-bedreactorwithouttheproblemsofcatalysthandling,transportation,andpressuredropacrossthecatalystbedthatareencounteredwithnanoscopiccarbon-basedcatalysts. %K Nitrogen-dopedcarbonnanotubes %K Siliconcarbide %K Selectiveoxidation %K H2S %K Dehydrogenation %K Ethylbenzene %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21351.shtml