Nanocarbon as Robust Catalyst: Mechanistic Insight into Carbon‐Mediated Catalysis

Abstract

Kicking the coke habit: In nanocarbon-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene, oxygen is dissociatively adsorbed, and breaking of CH bonds in ethylbenzene is kinetically relevant. In contrast to metal-based catalysts, the subsurface structure plays no role in the activity of the nanocarbon catalyst. Unlike activated carbon, the nanocarbon catalysts show no loss of activity from coking or combustion. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z702466_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.