Facile Autoreduction of Iron Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Encapsulates

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 128; no. 10; pp. 3136 - 3137
• Main Authors: Chen, Wei, Pan, Xiulian, Willinger, Marc-Georg, Su, Dang Sheng, Bao, Xinhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.03.2006
• Subjects: Catalysis; Catalysts: preparations and properties; Chemistry; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry; Encapsulation; Chemical reduction; Iron oxide; Transmission electron microscopy; Multiwalled nanotube; Transition metal Compounds; Adsorption capacity; Carbon nanotubes; Modified catalyst; Experimental study; Catalyst activity; Submicron particle

Facile autoreduction of iron oxide encapsulated within carbon nanotubes has been observed at a temperature 200 °C lower than those on the outer surface. This opens a new route to tune the state of confined nanoparticles of d-band metals by the confinement of CNTs.