Abstract:Designing economical and nonprecious catalysts with a
catalytic
performance as good as that of noble metals is of great importance
in future renewable bioenergy production. In this study, the metal–organic
framework (MOF) was applied as a precursor template to synthesize
Co
3
O
4
nanoparticles with a carbon matrix shell
(denoted as M-Co
3
O
4
). To select the synthesized
optimal catalyst, stearic acid was chosen as the … Show more
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