Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Tubes Decorated with Ru Nanoparticles as Photo-Thermal Catalyst for CO2 Methanation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Material Synthesis
3.2. Material Characterization
3.3. Photo-Thermal Tests
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Catalyst | Metal Loading (%) | CH4 Production Rate (mmol g−1 h−1) | TOF (s−1) |
---|---|---|---|
Ru(2)-TiN tubes | 1.7 | 1215.8 | 9.1 |
Ru(2)-TiN commercial | 1.6 | 338.7 | 2.5 |
Ru(2)-TiO2 tubes | 0.7 | 11.6 | - |
TiN | - | 0.09 | - |
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Mateo, D.; Navarro, J.C.; Khan, I.S.; Ruiz-Martinez, J.; Gascon, J. Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Tubes Decorated with Ru Nanoparticles as Photo-Thermal Catalyst for CO2 Methanation. Molecules 2022, 27, 2701. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092701
Mateo D, Navarro JC, Khan IS, Ruiz-Martinez J, Gascon J. Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Tubes Decorated with Ru Nanoparticles as Photo-Thermal Catalyst for CO2 Methanation. Molecules. 2022; 27(9):2701. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092701
Chicago/Turabian StyleMateo, Diego, Juan Carlos Navarro, Il Son Khan, Javier Ruiz-Martinez, and Jorge Gascon. 2022. "Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Tubes Decorated with Ru Nanoparticles as Photo-Thermal Catalyst for CO2 Methanation" Molecules 27, no. 9: 2701. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092701