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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Scalable carbon nanotube growth and design of efficient catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Almkhelfe, Haider H. January 1900 (has links)
Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Chemical Engineering / Placidus B. Amama / The continued depletion of fossil fuels and concomitant increase in greenhouse gases have encouraged worldwide research on alternative processes to produce clean fuel. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is a heterogeneous catalytic reaction that converts syngas (CO and H₂) to liquid hydrocarbons. FTS is a well-established route for producing clean liquid fuels. However, the broad product distribution and limited catalytic activity are restricting the development of FTS. The strong interactions between the active metal catalyst (Fe or Co) and support (Al₂O₃, SiO₂ and TiO₂) during post-synthesis treatments of the catalyst (such as calcination at ~500°C and reduction ~550°C) lead to formation of inactive and unreducible inert material like Fe₂SiO₄, CoAl₂O₄, Co₂SiO₄. The activity of FTS catalyst is negatively impacted by the presence of these inactive compounds. In our study, we demonstrate the use of a modified photo-Fenton process for the preparation of carbon nanotube (CNT)-supported Co and Fe catalysts that are characterized by small and well-dispersed catalyst particles on CNTs that require no further treatments. The process is facile, highly scalable, and involves the use of green catalyst precursors and an oxidant. The reaction kinetic results show high CO conversion (85%), selectivity for liquid hydrocarbons and stability. Further, a gaseous product mixture from FTS (C1-C4) was utilized as an efficient feedstock for the growth of high-quality, well-aligned single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) carpets of millimeter-scale heights on Fe and (sub) millimeter-scale heights on Co catalysts via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Although SWCNT carpets were grown over a wide temperature range (between 650 and 850°C), growth conducted at optimal temperatures for Co (850°C) and Fe (750°C) yielded predominantly SWCNTs that are straight, clean, and with sidewalls that are largely free of amorphous carbon. Also, low-temperature CVD growth of CNT carpets from Fe and Fe–Cu catalysts using a gaseous product mixture from FTS as a superior carbon feedstock is demonstrated. The efficiency of the growth process is evidenced by the highly dense, vertically aligned CNT structures from both Fe and Fe–Cu catalysts even at temperatures as low as 400°C–a record low growth temperature for CNT carpets obtained via conventional thermal CVD. The use of FTS-GP facilitates low-temperature growth of CNT carpets on traditional (alumina film) and nontraditional substrates (aluminum foil) and has the potential of enhancing CNT quality, catalyst lifetime, and scalability. We demonstrate growth of SWCNT carpets with diameter distributions that are smaller than SWCNTs in conventional carpets using a CVD process that utilizes the product gaseous mixture from Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS-GP). The high-resolution transmission electron microscopic (HR-TEM) and Raman spectroscopic results reveal that the use of a high melting point metal as a catalyst promoter in combination with either Co (1.5 nm ± 0.7) at 850ºC or Fe (1.9 nm ± 0.8) at 750ºC yields smaller-diameter SWCNT arrays with narrow diameter distributions. Scalable synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibers (CNFs), and onion like carbon (OLC) in a batch reactor using supercritical fluids as a reaction media is demonstrated. The process utilizes toluene, ethanol, or butanol as a carbon precursor in combination with ferrocene that serves as a catalyst precursor and a secondary carbon source. The use of supercritical fluids for growth does not only provide a route for selective growth of a variety of carbon nanomaterials, but also provides a unique one-step approach that is free of aggressive acid treatment for synthesis of CNT-supported metallic nanoparticle composites for catalysis and energy storage applications.
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S?ntese e caracteriza??o de tungstatos de c?rio e estr?ncio para fins catal?ticos

Moriyama, Andr? Luiz Lopes 21 July 2011 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreLLM_DISSERT.pdf: 1863413 bytes, checksum: 1d92759b3bdf5371d233d97ad885e7af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-21 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The main goal of this work was to produce nanosized ceramic materials of the family of the tungstates (tungstates of cerium and strontium), and test them for their catalytic activity in processes involving the transformation of methane (CH4). The methodology used for the synthesis of the ceramic powders involved the complexation combining EDTA-citrate. The materials characterization was performed using simple and differential thermogravimetry, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The microstructure analysis was performed using the refinement by the Rietveld method, and the crystallite size and distribution of the materials was elucidate by the Scherrer and Williamson-Hall methods. The conditions of the synthesis process for the three envisaged materials (SrWO4, SrWO4 using tungsten oxide concentrate as raw material, and Ce2(WO4)3) were adjusted to obtain a single phase crystalline material. The catalytic tests were carried out in the presence of methane and synthetic air, which is composed of 21% O2 and 79% N2. The analysis of the conversion of the reaction was done with the aid of an fourier transform infrared device (FTIR). The analysis showed that, structurally, the SrWO4 produced using raw materials of high and poor purity (99% and 92%, respectively) are similar. The ideal parameters of calcination, in the tested range, are temperature of 1000 ?C and time of calcination 5 hours. For the Ce2(WO4)3, the ideal calcination time and are temperature 15 hours and 1000?C, respectively. The Williamson-Hall method provided two different distributions for the crystallite size of each material, whose values ranged between the nanometer and micrometer scales. According to method of Scherrer, all materials produced were composed of nanometric crystallites. The analyses of transmission electron microscopy confirmed the results obtained from the Williamson- Hall method for the crystallite size. The EDS showed an atomic composition for the metals in the SrWO4 that was different of the theoretical composition. With respect to the catalytic tests, all materials were found to be catalytically active, but the reaction process should be further studied and optimized. / O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi produzir materiais cer?micos nanom?tricos da fam?lia dos tungstatos (tungstatos de c?rio e de estr?ncio), e test?-los quanto ?s suas atividades catal?ticas em processos envolvendo a transforma??o do g?s metano (CH4). A metodologia empregada para a s?ntese dos p?s cer?micos envolveu o m?todo de complexa??o combinando EDTA-Citrato. A caracteriza??o dos materiais foi feita atrav?s das t?cnicas de termogravimetria simples e diferencial, difra??o de raios-x, microscopia eletr?nica de transmiss?o, e espectroscopia de energia dispersiva (EDS). A an?lise da microestrutura foi realizada atrav?s do refinamento utilizando o m?todo de Rietveld, e para a estima??o do tamanho de gr?o e de sua distribui??o foram utilizados os m?todos de Scherrer e Williamson-Hall. As condi??es de obten??o dos tr?s materiais desenvolvidos (SrWO4, SrWO4 utilizando concentrado de ?xido de tungst?nio como mat?ria-prima, e Ce2(WO4)3) foram ajustadas para a obten??o de um material cristalino monof?sico. Os testes catal?ticos explorat?rios foram realizados na presen?a dos gases metano e ar sint?tico, composto por 21% de O2 e 79% N2. A an?lise da convers?o foi feita com o aux?lio de um equipamento de infravermelho ? transformada de Fourier. As an?lises mostraram que, estruturalmente, os materiais SrWO4 produzidos com mat?riaprima de elevada pureza (99% de pureza) e oriunda do concentrado de ?xido de tungst?nio (92% de pureza) s?o semelhantes. Seus par?metros ideais de produ??o, dentro do que foi testado, s?o temperatura de calcina??o de 1000?C e tempo de perman?ncia de 5 horas na isoterma. Para o Ce2(WO4)3, as condi??es ideais dentro do que foi testado s?o temperatura de calcina??o de 1000?C e tempo de perman?ncia na isoterma de 15 horas. O m?todo de Williamson-Hall forneceu duas distribui??es diferentes para o tamanho de cristalito de cada material, cujos valores oscilaram entre as escalas nanom?tricas e microm?tricas. Com o m?todo de Scherrer, todos os materiais produzidos possu?ram tamanho de cristalito nanom?trico. As an?lises de microscopia eletr?nica de transmiss?o confirmaram o resultado obtido com o m?todo de Williamson- Hall para o tamanho de cristalito. A EDS indicou a presen?a de diverg?ncias entre a composi??o at?mica met?lica te?rica e experimental do SrWO4. Com rela??o aos testes catal?ticos explorat?rios, os materiais se mostraram ativos por?m o processo reacional ainda precisa ser melhor estudado e otimizado.
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Synthese intermetallischer Phasen mittels mikrowellenunterstütztem Polyol-Prozess: Einfluss von Nanostrukturierung auf chemische und physikalische Eigenschaften der Verbindungen

Heise, Martin 11 September 2015 (has links)
Schon seit dem 17. Jahrhundert ist bekannt, dass kolloidales Gold in wässrigen Lösungen eine rötliche Färbung hervorruft; ein Effekt der direkt aus der Nanostrukturierung des Goldes resultiert. Neben der Modifizierung optischer Eigenschaften können durch Nano- oder Mikrostrukturierung auch andere, neuartige Charakteristika hervorgerufen werden, wie bspw. an Bi3Ni nachgewiesen werden konnte: Mittels mikrowelleninduzierter, reduktiver Umsetzung in Ethylenglykol (mikrowellenunterstützter Polyol-Prozess) konnten submikroskalige Bi3Ni-Stäbchen kristallisiert werden, die in Magnetisierungsmessungen die überaus seltene Koexistenz von Supraleitung und Ferromagnetismus zeigten. Ein Quanteneffekt, der im entsprechenden Volumenmaterial nicht nachgewiesen werden kann und auf spezielle Oberflächenzustände zurückzuführen ist. Durch Nanostrukturierung können außerdem die chemischen Eigenschaften entscheidend beeinflusst werden, wie an BiRh gezeigt werden konnte. Der mikrowellenunterstützte Polyol-Prozess begünstigt hierbei die Kristallisation von pseudohexagonalen Plättchen mit 60 nm Durchmesser und 20 nm Dicke. Im Gegensatz zum Volumenmaterial zeigten diese in der industrierelevanten Semihydrierung von Acetylen zu Ethylen Bestwerte sowohl in Bezug auf den Umsatz als auch die Selektivität. Basierend auf diesen Erkenntnissen sollten mithilfe des mikrowellenunterstützten Polyol-Prozesses im Rahmen der vorliegenden Dissertation nanostrukturierte, intermetallische Verbindungen des Typs M–M‘ (M = Sn, Pb, Sb, Bi; M‘ = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Pd, Ir, Pt) hergestellt und eingehend chemisch sowie physikalisch charakterisiert werden. Als Edukte dienten Metallsalze, die stets in Ethylenglykol als primäres Lösungs- und Reduktionsmittel umgesetzt wurden. Das Polyol nimmt zusätzlich als oberflächenaktive Substanz Einfluss auf Partikelgröße und -gestalt. Zur Optimierung der Synthesen und um möglichst viele Phasen zugänglich zu machen, wurden Art und Konzentration der Metallsalze, pH-Wert, Reaktionstemperatur und -zeit variiert sowie die Zugabe von Oleylamin und/oder Ölsäure getestet. Oleylamin und Ölsäure sind ihrerseits oberflächenaktive Substanzen, wobei erstere zugleich reduktiv wirken kann. Die methodeninhärente Nanostrukturierung der Produkte führte teilweise zu bemerkenswerten Effekten in der Phasenbildung sowie Beeinflussung der chemischen Eigenschaften. Nahezu das komplette binäre Phasensystem Bi–Pd konnte durch Optimierung der Syntheseparameter zugänglich gemacht werden. Die Besonderheit hierbei: Neben den Raumtemperaturphasen Bi2Pd, Bi2Pd5 und BiPd3 konnte Bi12Pd31 als Hochtemperaturmodifikation sowie die neue und zugleich metastabile Modifikation gamma-Bi1.0Pd erzeugt und stabilisiert werden. Das im NiAs-Strukturtyp kristallisierende gamma-Bi1.0Pd zeigte in Magnetisierungs- und Widerstandsmessungen Supraleitung unterhalb von 3.2 K. Mittels mikrowellenunterstütztem Polyol-Prozess gelang bereits in eigenen Vorarbeiten die Synthese von nanostrukturiertem Bi3Ir. Die Verbindung ist ausschließlich in nanopartikulärer Form bei Raumtemperatur empfindlich gegenüber molekularem Sauerstoff und bildet im Zuge einer unkonventionellen oxidativen Interkalation das intermetallische Suboxid Bi3IrOx. Dieses Verhalten ist verknüpft mit einer amorphen Hülle um die Bi3Ir-Nanopartikel, da diese zur Aktivierung des molekularen Sauerstoffs benötigt wird. Unter Einsatz von Reduktionsmitteln — z.B. Wasserstoff, Superhydrid®, Hydrazin — ist der Oxidationsprozess für x < 2 vollständig reversibel. Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit konnten die Erkenntnisse über Bi3Ir und Bi3IrOx vertieft werden: Bi3IrOx konnte als erster Sauerstoffionenleiter bei Raumtemperatur klassifiziert werden, der darüber hinaus metallisch ist. Dies gelang mittels Röntgen- und Elektronenbeugung, hochauflösender Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie, Röntgenphotoelektronenspektroskopie, quantenchemischen Rechnungen, und Experimenten zur Reaktionskinetik. Mit 84 meV ist die Aktivierungsenergie für die Ionenleitung um eine Größenordnung kleiner als in allen konventionellen Sauerstoffionenleitern. Der Diffusionskoeffizient beträgt für 25 °C 1.2·10–22 m2s–1, was in Anbetracht der 10–19 m2s–1 des Yttrium-stabilisierten Zirkoniumoxids (häufig genutztes Referenzmaterial) bei 150 °C wenig erscheint, aber eben schon für Raumtemperatur gilt. Durch den mikrowellenunterstützten Polyol-Prozess konnten erstmals phasenreine, nanostrukturierte Proben von PbPd3, Pd20Sb7, Pd8Sb3, PdSb, Ni5Sb2, und Pd13Sn9 synthetisiert werden sowie alternative Syntheserouten für weitere Phasen (alpha-/beta-/gamma-Bi2Pt, BiPt, NiSb, beta-Ni3Sn2, Pd2Sn, PdSn, Pt3Sn, PtSn, PtPb) ermittelt werden, wobei mehrfach die Bildung von Hochtemperaturphasen beobachtet wurde. Weiterhin konnten einige Grenzen der Methode aufgezeigt werden: Während blei- und bismutreiche Phasen prinzipiell einfach kristallisiert werden können, sind antimon- und zinnreiche Verbindungen mit der Methode kaum erreichbar. Außerdem zeigte sich, dass in den meisten Phasensystemen nur bestimmte Verbindungen angesteuert werden können; die Bildung der intermetallischen Phasen ist häufig die Triebkraft zur Reduktion der Metallkationen. In den Systemen von Co-Sb, Co-Sn und Ir-Sb konnte bisher keine Feststoffbildung beobachtet werden.
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[en] SYNTHESIS OF HYBRID METAL/OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND EVALUATION OF THEIR PROPERTIES / [pt] SÍNTESE DE NANOESTRUTURAS HÍBRIDAS METAL/ÓXIDO E AVALIAÇÃO DE SUAS PROPRIEDADES

NIKOLAS BRANCO PADILHA 07 March 2019 (has links)
[pt] A síntese de nanopartículas (NP) de níquel metálico via rota solvotérmica foi estudada com o intuito de produzir estruturas híbridas destas NP ancoradas na superfície de titanatos nanoestruturados. Inicialmente os parâmetros ideais para a formação das NP com os menores e monodispersos diâmetros foram determinados com o auxílio das técnicas de difração de raios X e de microscopia eletrônica. Em seguida, nanotubos de titanatos foram sintetizados via rota hidrotérmica alcalina. Esses titanatos foram adicionados à rota solvotérmica já estudada, buscando a nucleação heterogênea das NP de Ni metálico em sua superfície. Os produtos das sínteses foram analisados por diversas técnicas de caracterização a fim de determinar a nanoestrutura dos produtos formados, a estabilidade térmica das NP, assim como identificar os subprodutos da síntese solvotérmica e medir as eficiências catalíticas e fotocatalíticas dos materiais. Os resultados permitiram concluir sobre as características estruturais dos materiais e a eficácia da ancoração, bem como os mecanismos envolvidos na síntese solvotérmica para a redução do Ni2, presente no precursor organometálico, para Ni0, apresentando uma nova rota para a produção destas NP. / [en] The synthesis of metallic nickel nanoparticles (Ni-NP) via a solvothermic route was studied to produce hybrid structures of these NP anchored to the surface of nanostructured titanates. Initially the ideal parameters for the formation of NP with the smallest and monodisperse diameters were determined with the aid of Xray diffraction and electron microscopy techniques. Then, titanate nanotubes were synthesized via alkaline hydrothermal route. These titanates were added to the studied solvothermic route, seeking the heterogeneous nucleation of Ni-NP on its surface. The synthesis products were analyzed by several characterization techniques to determine the nanostructure of the products, the thermal stability of the NP, to identify the by-products of the solvothermic synthesis and to measure the catalytic and photocatalytic efficiencies of the materials. The results include the structural characteristics of the materials and the anchoring efficiency, as well as the mechanisms involved in the solvothermic synthesis to reduce the Ni2 ion, a component of the organometallic precursor, to Ni0, introducing a new route for the synthesis of these NPs.

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