Strategy for nano-catalysis in a fixed-bed system.

He, Jiating; Ji, Weijie; Yao, Lin; Wang, Yawen; Khezri, Bahareh; Webster, Richard D; Chen, Hongyu · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

For industry applications of nano-catalysts, the main bottlenecks are the low loading per unit support area and the slow flow rate through the support particles. By growing a dense Au nanowire forest on a loose network of glass fibers, continuous-flow catalysis can be achieved with a processing rate about 100 times that of the best literature rate.