JOURNAL ARTICLE

De Novo Design of Nanostructured Iron–Cobalt Fischer–Tropsch Catalysts

Abstract

Audio cassettes hold the key to enhancing Fischer–Tropsch catalysis. Catalysts based on ultra‐thin cobalt shells surrounding cheap iron oxide cores (see picture) are developed, an approach previously optimized for preparing magnetic tape for audio cassettes. These particles are easily made on a large scale, and are excellent Fischer–Tropsch catalysts, giving good diesel fractions.

Keywords:
Fischer–Tropsch process Cobalt Catalysis Cobalt oxide Nanotechnology Computer science Chemistry Materials science Metallurgy Organic chemistry

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