Enhanced ethanol production inside carbon-nanotube reactors containing catalytic particles

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 6; no. 7; pp. 507 - 511
• Main Authors: Pan, Xiulian, Fan, Zhongli, Chen, Wei, Ding, Yunjie, Luo, Hongyuan, Bao, Xinhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2007; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Biomaterials; Carbon; Catalysis; Chemical synthesis; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composite materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Conductivity; Ethanol; letter; Materials Science; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Optical and Electronic Materials

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have well-defined hollow interiors and exhibit unusual mechanical and thermal stability as well as electron conductivity 1 . This opens intriguing possibilities to introduce other matter into the cavities 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , which may lead to nanocomposite materials with interest...