Copper diamond synthesis

The raw material for the synthesis was methane. Powder of Nickel carbonyl (NC) or powder of nano-diamond (ND) was the catalyst. Attempts to synthesize pyro-carbon on copper powder were not successful. Powder with the composition 70%PC, 30%NC, and also the set of powders with various ratios of PC and ND were tested. Anodes made of the powder 70PC30NC showed satisfactory cycle behavior and had specific capacity 180 mAh/(g of powder) (260 mA-h/(g 0f carbon)) (Fig. 3a). The anodes made of powder xPCyND, irrespective of the components ratio, had specific capacity... 

Quinn, R., Dahl, T.A., Diamond, B.W. and Toseland, B.A. (2006) Removal of arsine from synthesis gas using a copper on carbon adsorbent. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(18), 6272-78. 

Fig. 17 Two strategies for the transition metal-templated synthesis of a [2]catenane made with Zn and Au porphyrin-incorporating interlocked macrocycles. The thick lines represent chelating fragments, the black disk symbolises copper(I), the empty diamonds are Zn(II) porphyrins, and the hatched diamonds are Au(III) porphyrins...

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