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Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Novel Promoter of Catalysts for CO/CO2 Hydrogenation to Alcohols

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Multi-walled carbon-nanotubes (MWCNTs) are drawing increasing attention in recent years. This material possesses a series of unique features, such as its nanometer-sized channel, highly conductive graphitized tube-wall, sp 2-C-constructed surface, and excellent performance for adsorption and spillover of hydrogen, which make the MWCNTs full of promise to be a novel catalyst support or promoter. This article will review the recent progress in applied research of MWCNTs as a novel promoter in heterogeneous catalysis for active components, including metals and their oxides, with the emphasis on the study and development of MWCNT-promoted catalysts related to CO/CO2 hydrogenation to alcohols and dimethyl ether based on the recent works carried out in our laboratory.

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The authors are grateful for the financial supports from National Natural Science Foundation (No.20590364) and National Basic Research (“973”) Project (No.2005CB221403 & No.2009CB939804) of China.

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Zhang, HB., Liang, XL., Dong, X. et al. Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Novel Promoter of Catalysts for CO/CO2 Hydrogenation to Alcohols. Catal Surv Asia 13, 41–58 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-009-9066-8

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