DOI: 10.1039/d6cc04238d ISSN: 1359-7345

Suppressing Cu sintering during ethanol dehydrogenation via application of electrospun high-surface-area SiO 2 nanofibres as catalyst support

Tomas Pokorny, Zdenek Kral, Petr Machac, Zdenek Moravec, Lucie Simonikova, Vojtech Kundrat, Katerina Karaskova, Katerina Mickova Pacultova, David Skoda, Jiri Pinkas, Ales Styskalik

Silica nanofibers act as excellent support for Cu nanoparticles. These are homogeneously dispersed, stable, and active in ethanol dehydrogenation.