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Driving Innovation Delivering Results New Advances for Fischer Tropsch Catalysis Office of Research and Development Christopher Matranga & Dushyant Shekhawat August 2015 National Energy Technology Laboratory A Simplified View of
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Figure from Weckhuysen Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, pgs 2758–2781
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Figure from Weckhuysen Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, pgs 2758–2781
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Figures from R. De Deugd PhD Dissertation, Technical University of Delft, 2004
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Image from Wang et. al. ChemCatChem Doi: 10.1002/cctc.201000071
Solid = microwaves Dashed = thermal
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Fe2O3 in Carbon Nanotubes Fe2O3 outside Carbon Nanotubes
Legend: Black = Fe inside CNTs Red = Fe outside CNTs Blue = Fe on act. carbon
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Layered graphene controls surface mobility of FT‐type species (Li et. al., Science, 2013)
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20 nm Fe-carbide 10 nm Fe-carbide Fe3C Fe3O4 Fe2O3 FeO
Normalized Absorbance Photon Energy (eV)
Fe
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20 nm Fe-carbide 10 nm Fe-carbide Fe3C Fe3O4 Fe2O3 FeO
Normalized Absorbance Photon Energy (eV)
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