Filled carbon nanotubes in catalysis

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI950340

Project closed

Start date 1 February 1996

End date 31 January 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
United Kingdom

Objective

The aim of this research project is to explore carbon nanotubes as catalyst support. The hollow core of opened carbon nanotubes will be filled with nanocrystals of platinum metals and, for the first time, with chiral Rh-complexes. Since the opening of the nanotubes are considerably smaller (10-30A) than the internal diameter of the nanotubes (50-1OOA) bulky catalysts (> 30A diameter) synthesized inside the tubules will be trapped and heterogenisized. This could be achived by 'the ship in the bottle' methodology whereby the components of the catalyst molecule are introduced separately into the 'bottle'. The introduction of the easily accessible (Rh(n-C2H4)2(u-Cl))2 followed by addition of bulky and chiral tertiary phosphine PR3 to form (Rh(PR3)3Cl))will be examined. The resulting complex is sufficiently large to be trapped inside the tubules. The catalytic activity of the resulting materials will be investigated.

Fields of science

Not validated

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › inorganic chemistry › transition metals
• engineering and technology › nanotechnology › nano-materials › nanocrystals
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › catalysis

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TC06 - Surface Science, Colloids & Heterogenous Catalysis

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: South Parks Road ; OX1 3QR OXFORD ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

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Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data