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Affiliations
1 Nano Functional Materials Laboratory,
Laser Materials Development and Devices Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, IN
2 Nano Functional Materials Laboratory,
Laser Materials Development and Devices Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, IS
3 Heavy Water Board, Vikram Bhawan, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 094, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 109, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 1860-1864
Abstract
The use of catalysed exchange of deuterium (D) between hydrogen (H) gas and liquid water using the bithermal hydrogen water (BHW) process is a promising and environment-friendly approach for the production of heavy water. However, the use of this approach is limited by the lack of a suitable catalyst that has good activity at high operating pressures required for practical applications. We report the development of hydrophobic platinum-doped carbon aerogel (PtCA) catalyst which shows good catalytic activity for H/D isotope exchange reactions at operating pressures up to 20 bar.
Keywords
Carbon Dioxide Activation, Hydrogen Isotope Separation, Hydrophobic Catalyst, Platinum-Doped Carbon Aerogel.
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