Linking the Defective Structure of Boron-Doped Carbon Nano-Onions with Their Catalytic Properties: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
G. Szymański, Yuka Suzuki, Tomonori Ohba, Bogdan Sulikowski, Kinga Góra‐Marek, Karolina A. Tarach, Stanisław Koter, Piotr Kowalczyk, Anna Ilnicka, Monika Zięba, Luís Echegoyen, Artur P. Terzyk, Marta E. Płońska‐Brzezińska
Abstract
-butanol dehydration due to the presence of Brønsted and Lewis acid sites. The occurence of three types of boron-Lewis sites differing in electron donor properties was confirmed using quantitative infrared spectroscopic measurements of pyridine adsorption.
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