Citation: LAN Mei-chen, SHEN Bo-xiong, WANG Jian-qiao, ZHAO Peng. Performance of activated carbon supported nickel catalysts in the pyrolysis of waste plastics to produce carbon nanotubes[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2019, 47(11): 1313-1319. shu

Performance of activated carbon supported nickel catalysts in the pyrolysis of waste plastics to produce carbon nanotubes

School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

Corresponding author: SHEN Bo-xiong, shenbx@hebut.edu.cn
Received Date: 29 August 2019
Revised Date: 25 September 2019

Fund Project: The project was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (18JCZDJC39800), Major Science and Technology Special Projects in Tianjin (18ZXSZSF00040), Tianjin Science Popularization Project(18KPXMSF00080), Tianjin Science and Technology Special Project(18PTZWHZ00010)and Hebei Postgraduate Innovation Subsidy Project (CXZZBS2019035)the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin 18JCZDJC39800Major Science and Technology Special Projects in Tianjin 18ZXSZSF00040Hebei Postgraduate Innovation Subsidy Project CXZZBS2019035Tianjin Science and Technology Special Project 18PTZWHZ00010Tianjin Science Popularization Project 18KPXMSF00080

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A series of Ni based catalysts are prepared through impregnation method with coconut shell, bamboo charcoal and charcoal activated carbons as the support; their catalytic performance in the pyrolysis of waste plastics to produce carbon nanotubes was comparatively investigated. The structure and morphology of the catalyst and carbon nanotubes were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and nitrogen physisorption. The results show that carbon nanotubes with the highest yield and the best quality can be produced by using the nickel catalyst supported on coconut shell activated carbon (Ni/CSAC). In addition, the effect of reaction temperature and nickel loading on the catalytic performance of Ni/CSAC in the pyrolysis of waste plastics was considered.
- activated carbon,
- supported Ni-based catalysts,
- waste plastics,
- catalytic pyrolysis,
- carbon nanotubes
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