Highly active gauze-supported skeletal nickel catalysts.
Gauze-supported skeletal nickel catalysts were prepared by electrodeposition of Ni-Zn alloys from an acetamide-DMSO2-NiCl2-ZnCl2 quaternary melt, followed by chemical or electrochemical leaching of zinc from the alloys. The activity and selectivity of the structured RANEY® nickel surpass those of commercial RANEY® nickel in the hydrogenation of acetophenone.
Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (COK), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. Dirk.DeVos@biw.kuleuven.be.
Kam Loon
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Fow
Murugan
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Ganapathi
Ivo
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Stassen
Jan
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Fransaer
Koen
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Binnemans
Dirk E
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De Vos