The Fabrication Of Carbon Materials And Their Applications In Catalysis

The purpose of this dissertation was to find a facile way to the synthesis of carbon materials and demonstrate their application in catalysis.In summary,we obtained the following results:1.Synthesized hollow carbon nanorods and nanospheres using an one pot hydrothermal process,with iron oxide as template and starch,glucose,cyclodextrin as precursors.2.Produced highly graphitic carbon materials via a microwave induced solid-state process.Both hollow carbon nanospheres with a size of 600,350,90,40 nm and carbon nanotubes with a diameter of 8-13 nm were obtained.N doped carbon materials are also produced with PAN as precursor.Pd nanoparticles were supported on the N doped carbon materials.3.Pt,Pd,Au,Ru,Rh nanoparticles were encapsulated in hollow carbon spheres. Pd in carbon catalyst was used in hydrogenation of maleic anhydride.100% conversion and 100%selectivity to succinic anhydride were demonstrated.