Self-healing catalysts: Co(3)O(4) nanorods for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Cun Wen1, Darrius Dunbar, Xin Zhang
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29201, USA. simpers@cec.sc.edu.
Abstract:
We combine kinetic and spectroscopic data to demonstrate the concept of a self-healing catalyst, which effectively eliminates the need for catalyst regeneration. The observed self-healing is triggered by controlling the crystallographic orientation at the catalyst surface.


