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First Steps on the Way to a Modular Concept for the Preparation of Carbon Based Catalysts

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The preparation of carbon based catalysts following a modular concept has been investigated. A template assisted route was applied to obtain catalysts exhibiting different fractions of graphitic species while retaining their mesoporosity. The carbon materials were characterized by means of low temperature nitrogen adsorption, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The synthesized replicas were tested as catalysts in oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene and electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction. The role of the different carbon species, namely amorphous carbon, small graphitic crystallites, and large graphitic crystallites in the catalytic behavior was discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The research was carried out with the equipment purchased thanks to the financial support of the European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Polish Innovation Economy Operational Program (Contract No. POIG.02.01.00-12-023/08). O. K. thanks to the German research foundation (DFG; Grant Nr. KL1202/8-1) and the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE, Brandenburg, Proj. HL 23048413) for financial support and Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH for supply of silica gel samples, respectively; furthermore to D. Günther for technical support. M. B. acknowledges support by the German research foundation (DFG) under Grant Nr. INST 271/285-1.

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  1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Lausitz University of Applied Sciences, P.O.B. 101548, 01958, Senftenberg, Germany

    Reni Walter & Olaf Klepel

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences II, Martin-Luther-University Halle, 06099, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Thomas Erler & Michael Bron

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060, Krakow, Poland

    Paula Niebrzydowska, Anna Wach & Piotr Kuśtrowski

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Walter, R., Klepel, O., Erler, T. et al. First Steps on the Way to a Modular Concept for the Preparation of Carbon Based Catalysts. Catal Lett 143, 642–650 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-013-1018-2

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